Francesco:

Greetings from the sandhills of Nebraska. It sounds
like you are a sophisticated film lover. *Days of
Heaven* is my favorite Malick film, bar none.

I admire anyone who can tackle a book project on
Malick. Do you think your book may be translated into
English as well? If so, I'd like to get a copy when
it's published. I seem to remember a pretty cool
website on Malick developed by Italians, associated
with a film project on Malick. The filmakers had even
contacted Malick about doing a film project on him,
and he told them to go ahead, although he himself
didn't participate. Do you recall the project I'm
talking about? I can't remember the name of the film,
but it contained interviews with Sissy Spacek, Sam
Shepherd, etc..

I think you'll enjoy this group. Although we don't
post as often these days, most of us are still here,
judging by the people who often appear with an
interesting tidbit after a long absence.

Ciao!

Angela

Cattaneo <franz1878@...> wrote:

>
>
> Hi, Malickians!!!
>
>
>
> I’m a new member of the discussion group. My name is
> Francesco and I live in Bologna (Italy). I’ve seen a
> Malick film for the first time in 1997: it was Days
> of Heaven. I loved it, because at the time I thought
> it looked like a greek tragedy. And I also liked its
> symphonic structure. The following year I had the
> opportunity to see The Thin Red Line in theatres.
> Only afterwards I found the way of seeing Badlands.
> The three films put together make Malick one of the
> greatest directors of present-day cinema, and
> probably of all times.
>
> What can I say about myself? I began to appreciate
> (and study) cinema when I was attending the fourth
> year of “Liceo” (that is italian secondary school).
> My mentor was Stanley Kubrick (I really don’t
> remember which of his works came first, but I think
> it was 2001). While studying philosophy at the
> university of Bologna, I began to write about cinema
> and films and after a while an italian monthly
> journal (“Cineforum”) decided to publish some of my
> articles. Well, some years have passed from then.
> Now I’m 26 years old and I’m attending a PhD in
> Aesthetics at the University of Bologna (my thesis
> is on the conception of language and image in
> Heidegger). As far as cinema in concerned, I’ve
> written a couple of essays for books (on Hou
> Hsiao-hsien, Tarkovskij, cinema and photography) and
> I’ve carried on my collaboration with “Cineforum”.
>
> Some time ago an italian editor accepted my proposal
> to write a book on Malick and now I’m in the middle
> of the work. I got acquaintend with your discussion
> group only a few weeks ago. I’ve read some really
> interesting notes (recent and past), and they gave
> me useful suggestions. So I decided to join the
> group.
>
> I’d like to be constructive in some way, and so I’ve
> decided to point out the most stimulating essays and
> articles recenly published in Italy. Here is a list:
>
>
> 1) Mario Pezzella, «Immagini di guerra.
> Considerazioni su La sottile linea rossa di Terrence
> Malick», in Estetica, n°2, 2003, 163-173.
>
> 2) Fabrizio Borin, «Spicchi d’arance amare e
> ruvide scorze kubrickiane: La rabbia giovane
> (Badlands) di Terrence Malick», in Flavio Gregori
> (edited by), Singin’ in the Brain. Il mondo
> distopico di A Clockwork Orange, Lindau, Torino
> 2004, pp. 149-166.
>
> 3) Special number of DVD Cult dedicated to
> Badlands (80 pages on the film).
>
> 4) Giampiero Frasca, «Guerra. La sottile linea
> rossa», in Luca Aimeri, Giampiero Frasca, Manuale
> dei generi cinematografici. Hollywood: dalle origini
> a oggi, UTET Libreria, Torino 2002, pp. 240-251.
>
> 5) Sergio Arecco, «Malick e il gotico
> americano», in Sergio Arecco, Il paesaggio del
> cinema, Le Mani, Genova 2001, pp. 59-71.
>
>
>
> Let me know if some of you is interested in having
> further information.
>
> Regards,
>
> Francesco
>
>
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