Tuan:

Thank you for posting the Malick interview. Great present for the holidays.

I also checked out the YouTube links to your favorite film of 2008, and read
some reviews at IMDb. One line that tells me I'd like this one too: *Let the
Right one In* is like no other vampire movie that I have ever
seen. It is smarter, scarier and more nuanced. It doesn't feel like a
thriller, it feels like literature.

I haven't seen one new film from this year, or last year either, actually for
several years...the trailer has to stand out a lot for me to want to take the
time and effort to find the film.

By the way, the new Brad Pitt film where he reverse ages (dorky title, Benjamin
Button) uses the Saint Saens music "The Aquarium" from Carnival des
Animeaux--same music Days of Heaven's opening credits uses--did anyone else
notice? I'd be interested to
hear if anyone here likes this one...looks like it could easily descend into
schlock-dom...some non-classical bits of the score in the trailer signal "feel
good film" (ugh) and the couple of Pitt's old-man-spouting-aphorisms voice overs
struck me wrong.

Maybe I'm being too harsh...

Angela

--- On Thu, 12/18/08, vanvutu <vanvutu@...> wrote:

From: vanvutu <vanvutu@...>
Subject: [terrencemalick] Malick interview uploaded
To: terrencemalick@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, December 18, 2008, 3:12 PM











I just uploaded Malick's other interview to the Files section of
this

board. Christine Lui, the founder and owner of this board, actually

has another 1975 Malick interview available for viewing at this board:

(http://www.eskimo. com/~toates/ malick/art6. html).



The one I uploaded is the one he did with Michel Ciment in Positif,

and is appended at the end of the new book on Malick by Lloyd Michaels

I just finished reading. Hope the Malick fans, and particularly the

BADLANDS fans, will find it interesting.



The September/October issue of Film Comment features CHE on the cover

and features Amy Taubin's interview with Soderbergh. There is some

mention of Malick's early interest in the project.

http://www.filmlinc .com/fcm/ so08/che. htm



I have seen the trailers, and CHE looks amazing. But I was able to

resist seeing the special roadshow 4-hour version mainly because I

hate the particular Landmark theatre in LA it was showing at. I don't

mind waiting till it goes wide, and broken into two different films,

in January. Amy Taubin, a critic I enormously respect, called it a

"masterpiece. " But she also loved Jean Luc-Godard's ÉLOGE DE L'AMOUR

(aka L'Crap).



But I think 2008 was a GREAT year for movies. I enjoyed the delightful

FLIGHT OF THE RED BALLOON. As romantic comedies go, I also thought IN

SEARCH OF A MIDNIGHT KISS was really good. More recently, I really

enjoyed seeing MILK at the historic Castro Theatre (the *perfect*

place to see it!) in San Francisco over Thanksgiving weekend. I sorta

liked WENDY AND LUCY, which I thought was very well acted and was

poignant and all; however, I'm not sure it had enough material to

justify a feature-length film. Critics described it as understated,

but I found it touching but ultimately underwhelming. One film I can't

wait to see is WALTZ WITH BASHIR.



Hands down, the best film I saw this year was LET THE RIGHT ONE IN.

From the opening shot of the snow falling against the blackest night,

accompanied by that melancholy music, I was *hooked.* The filmmakers

have a very strong aesthetic, as the composition of each scene was

carefully set up and beautiful to behold...I love every frame of this

movie...The cinematography is gorgeous. The acting by the two child

leads is incredible and totally believable. My favorite scenes are the

ones where they are together are wonderful. I came in thinking this

was going to be another "low-budget horror film", but it turned out to

be a deeply touching coming-of-age story of friendship and love as

well. The ending is *brilliant.* I have already seen this film five

times now, each time at the same West Hollywood Laemmle theatre (and

each time enjoying a nice hot cup of Earl Grey before the show at the

nearby cafe directly across from the Directors Guild of America). I

intend to see it several more times before its theatrical run ends.

This film is well on its way to cult status.



I would like to say something about the score. There is a recurring

music cue called "Eli's Theme" that has been playing in my head over

and over and over (just as every scene of this beautiful film has been

doing).If anyone is interested in hearing it, I put an audio-only

YouTube link here:

http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=TerKgrAFQ5k



I prefer the classical guitar and strings version of this theme, which

appears in the two scenes where the boy visits his father in the

countryside. It also makes a brief reprise over the end credits as well:

http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=0iivf1dN5Xg& feature=related



Wow, I have been thinking and thinking about this film *a lot* in

between repeated viewings. The last film that has occupied my mind

this much was...THE THIN RED LINE.





























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