Terrence Malick - The Works

No one makes films quite like Terrence Malick. Although he has only made five films in the past four decades, he deserves to be labeled as an iconic American filmmaker. All of his works share the stunning visuals, powerful themes and dramatic realism required to make a masterful piece of film. Some label Malick's films as pretentious but I see them as the unique expressions of a true artist. With this tribute, I really wanted to display Malick's artistic talent and why his films are truly unique and special.

As for my next tribute, it will be a while before it is released since I will be so busy over the coming months.

However I will still leave you with a clue: Droog

Clips from 'Badlands' remain courtesy of Warner Bros, © TM & Copyright 1973

Clips from 'Days of Heaven' remain courtesy of Paramount Pictures, © TM & Copyright 1978

Clips from 'The Thin Red Line' remain courtesy of 20th Century Fox, © TM & Copyright 1998

Clips from 'The New World' remain courtesy of New Line Cinema, © TM & Copyright 2006

Clips from 'The Tree of Life' remain courtesy of Fox Searchlight, © TM & Copyright 2011

Music

'River' by Alexandre Desplat remains courtesy of Lakeshore Records, © TM & Copyright 2011

'Tornado' by Jonsi remains courtesy of XL Recordings, © TM & Copyright 2010

'Jisas Yu Holem Hand Blong Mi' by Hans Zimmer remains courtesy of RCA Victor, © TM & Copyright 1998

[cobeycobb]

I watch this and the Kubrick video everyday before I sit down and write. Talk about inspiration. 

[PHANTASMICproduction]

Jisas Yu Holem Hand Blom Mi always brings a tear to my eye.

[seamac]

People will quit sleeping on Malick when he dies.

[MrLamotta]

some movies will haunt me for the rest of my life and the thin red line is one of them. I don't know what it is about it, but it's just sheer beauty, it's the most beautiful movie I've ever seen.. how the sountrack merges so perfectly with the imagery... it's so amazing

[TheSzemelak]

Film is a visual art and no-one does it better than Malick.

[AnnaChah]

I could watch this video on repeat for hours. Thank you for such a beautiful edit of this master's work.

[AdamTallonFilm]

Very nicely put together, it made me think what a great collection of images Terrence Malik have given us over the years.

[Tweedle]

I hope this video never gets deleted or changed. Its perfect and entirely too lovely and human

[henman]

The Greatest Director in the History of the Cinema. His films never fail. I'm still one of a few who thinks To the Wonder was another masterpiece to Malick's Pantheon.

[davidfinlayson]

Hey, man, thank you for this. On many a sad day I've found myself trailing off to youtube for specifically this video. You capture the magic of the man. I love that roaring shot of Badlands at the very end; you feel the freedom and expanse and pure energy. Riding off into eternity!

[XBOXMASTER]

This is really well put together. Tree of Life I think is his masterpiece.

[garymazeffa]

Malick allows the mystery to remain a mystery. Within, we find the meaning of living.

[filmscores]

One of my favorite directors. Thank you for creating this video

[MrLamotta]

this is probably my favourite video on youtube.. it gets to me every time, especially when Penn says "some day we'll fall down and we'll.. understand it all.. all things"

[rick]

I love these director's tribute video."the films of...", Works", "Film daries: .... "
Wonderful !

[dejabu]

love Terrence Malick, he is one of the best directors alive

[youmeandi]

just watching this makes me want to cry because it's all so beautiful .

[OlyOlyOly]

This is my favorite "The Works" as of now

[Blunders]

Brilliant stuff, fantastic tribute to a true cinematic genius

[heresjohnny]

I saw the film at TIFF back in September and I left it underwhelmed (for similar reasons). I'm thinking about possibly giving it a rewatch.