The New World
The New World
I have a soft spot for Terrence Malick, I'll admit. His films are not ideal vehicles for thespians, although he still manages to attract as excellent a line-up of character actors as any other director. But Malick's The Thin Red Line introduced Hollywood to Jim Caviezel -- a gaunt, sensitive actor who plays martyrs and villains with equal intensity and conviction (he kind of reminds me of a young Jeremy Irons) -- and for that I'll be eternally grateful; even if Caviezel-fangirling has been done more on the hush-hush since Mel Gibson's Passion.
Here's the thing: I really want The New World -- Malick's retelling of the Pocahontas legend -- to be good. Really really. If nothing else, it'll be proof that Colin Farrell does have the ability to play a leading man, meaning there's less of a chance that he'll fuck up his role of Cesare Borgia in Neil Jordan's upcoming Borgia. But also because I want Malick to be able to keep making the kind of films that he's been making -- unclassifiable, haunting, myth-creating films.
The reviews, so far, have been mostly good. The constant glitch is that nobody is praising Farrell, saying he's "at odds" and "uncomfortable". I guess I'll have to wait and see for myself.
The New World stars Colin Farrell (John Smith), Q'Orianka Kilcher (Pocahontas), Christian Bale (John Rolfe), and Christopher Plummer.
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“The New World” may not be as ambitious as “The Thin Red Line,” Malick’s personal take on WWII, but overall, it’s a more satisfying movie. The narrative structure, with its shifting perspectives and multiple voice-over narrations, two of Malick’s most distinctive devices, is both more coherent and effective.
-- Emanuel Levy
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I have a soft spot for Terrence Malick, I'll admit. His films are not ideal vehicles for thespians, although he still manages to attract as excellent a line-up of character actors as any other director. But Malick's The Thin Red Line introduced Hollywood to Jim Caviezel -- a gaunt, sensitive actor who plays martyrs and villains with equal intensity and conviction (he kind of reminds me of a young Jeremy Irons) -- and for that I'll be eternally grateful; even if Caviezel-fangirling has been done more on the hush-hush since Mel Gibson's Passion.
Here's the thing: I really want The New World -- Malick's retelling of the Pocahontas legend -- to be good. Really really. If nothing else, it'll be proof that Colin Farrell does have the ability to play a leading man, meaning there's less of a chance that he'll fuck up his role of Cesare Borgia in Neil Jordan's upcoming Borgia. But also because I want Malick to be able to keep making the kind of films that he's been making -- unclassifiable, haunting, myth-creating films.
The reviews, so far, have been mostly good. The constant glitch is that nobody is praising Farrell, saying he's "at odds" and "uncomfortable". I guess I'll have to wait and see for myself.
The New World stars Colin Farrell (John Smith), Q'Orianka Kilcher (Pocahontas), Christian Bale (John Rolfe), and Christopher Plummer.
[Image source: OutNow]
“The New World” may not be as ambitious as “The Thin Red Line,” Malick’s personal take on WWII, but overall, it’s a more satisfying movie. The narrative structure, with its shifting perspectives and multiple voice-over narrations, two of Malick’s most distinctive devices, is both more coherent and effective.
-- Emanuel Levy
>> Official Site
>> Trailers