Hi Bilge:

Long time no see!

I hope Malick uses a voice-over in TNW, and I hope he
goes with Pocahantas' character as the guiding vision
for the film. It would make sense, as the conflict of
the story originates in her character, and we know
from his first two films, and to some degree from
TTRL, that Malick likes to explore the idea of
romantic love, which Pocahantas' character also
symbolizes.

However he may arrived at the decision to do VOs in
his first three films, they are what make his films a
cut above. That's because they're all actually HIS
voice. I remember reading that Malick worked with
Linda Manz for several months on the VOs in DoH, and I
also remember reading that he let her ad lib, but he
had to have given her the basic framework of what *he*
wanted to convey through her voice, and he knows how
to achieve that delicate balance between not saying
enough and saying too much--in other words, his VOs,
especially in *Badlands* and *DoH* have an authentic
ring.

Whenever I see a film that uses a VO, I subconsciously
compare it to Malick's VOs. One film I remember that
struggled overly hard to approach depth in VOs and
ultimately fell short was *Platoon.* I conjecture this
was because you could tell Stone/Sheen was trying *too
hard* to sound "deep." Same problem for me in TTRL,
which I realize is sacrilege to some, but hey, even
Malick's slight weak spots are ultimately redeemed by
his overall genius!

Angela

--- ebiri@... wrote:

>
>
> > Hello everybody,
> >
> > I'm Florence from Lyon (France). Excuse my
> english.
> > I've just finished a Master II (a sort of PHD of
> 112
> > pages) at the university, and it's about the
> > extraordinary voice over in Badlands, Days of
> Heaven
> > and The thin red line. ( With french theorics,
> Michel
> > Chion, and the philosophy of Heidegger) Of course
> I
> > saw The New World's blog, but my essential
> question is
> > : is there a voice over in this new film? Does
> anyone
> > of you know something about that (befor june, the
> > 17th)? I'm really curious!!
> > Thanks a lot!
> > bye
>
>
> My gut says there will be, but it's important to
> remember that for both DAYS OF HEAVEN and THIN RED
> LINE, Malick only added the voiceovers during
> editing, in part because he had to cut and change so
> much of the film he had shot that he needed
> something to keep them together (this was especially
> true of DoH, I believe). For TTRL, in fact, wasn't
> the voiceover originally read by Billy Bob Thornton,
> and only later changed to the various actors in the
> film?
>
> Which is all just a fancy way of saying: For all we
> know, Malick himself may not have decided yet.
>
> -Bilge
>
>
>
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