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Tag Archives: Days of Heaven
“I have trouble working off things that are too preconceived, like storyboards.” — Terrence Malick
“When people express what is most important to them, it often comes out in cliches. That doesn’t make them laughable — it’s something tender about them. As though in struggling to reach what’s most personal about them they could only … Continue reading
Posted in Directors, Movies, On This Day
Tagged Badlands, Days of Heaven, Terrence Malick
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“I’m a tough little rebel.” — Linda Manz
Days of Heaven (1978) It’s her birthday today. Manz died on August 14, 2020. She was HUGE to me growing up, and I have written about it on occasion. She didn’t work all that much, but her performances meant so … Continue reading
Posted in Actors, Movies, On This Day, Television
Tagged Days of Heaven, Dennis Hopper, Linda Manz, Orphan Train, Out of the Blue, Terrence Malick
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R.I.P. Linda Manz
This teenage actress – from films such as Orphan Train (the first time I saw her), to Days of Heaven (her voiceover makes that film what it is), and Dennis Hopper’s nihilistic punk-rock scream Out of the Blue – is … Continue reading
Posted in Actors, Movies, RIP
Tagged Days of Heaven, Dennis Hopper, Linda Manz, Orphan Train, Out of the Blue, Terrence Malick
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Ebert Fest 2013: Haskell Wexler QA: “Use available light”; the thousand-mile stare of Linda Manz
Following the Days of Heaven screening on the first night of Ebert Fest, Chaz came back out onstage to introduce the special guest Haskell Wexler (the entire festival was dedicated to him). Haskell Wexler hadn’t been the principal cinematographer for … Continue reading
Ebert Fest 2013: The Start
While I have been consumed all week with the horrible news from Boston and Watertown (so many family and friends there), I am here at Ebert Fest in the beautiful college town of Urbana, and it has been a stimulating … Continue reading
Days of Heaven (1978); Dir. Terrence Malick
Terrence Malick’s Days of Heaven is grandiose, leisurely, even melodramatic, in giving us the pictures of the vistas we see of the Texas panhandle. Every corner of the giant screen is packed with beauty, arresting images, startling closeups of dew … Continue reading
Posted in Movies
Tagged Days of Heaven, Linda Manz, Richard Gere, Sam Shepard, Terrence Malick
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