Days of Heaven (1978)

Directors:

Terrence Malick

Writers:

Actors:

Terrence Malick, King Cole, John Wilkinson, Muriel Jolliffe, Bob Wilson, Sahbra Markus

Synopsis:

In 1910, a Chicago steel worker accidentally kills his supervisor and flees to the Texas panhandle with his girlfriend and little sister to work harvesting wheat in the fields of a stoic farmer. A love triangle, a swarm of locusts, a hellish fire—Malick captures it all with dreamlike authenticity, creating at once a timeless American idyll and a gritty evocation of turn-of-the-century labor.
  • Romance
  • Drama
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Days of Heaven (1978)

Absolutely beautiful- reportedly filmed over years in order to capture everything at the magic hour and it was worth it. Unfortunately, it's also so slow I had to break it down and watch it over a few nights myself. Nevertheless, lovely young Gere, Malick poetry.
suzie
April 24, 2012