the sherry end, pt. 8

(wow-woo-wee-it's back after mucho lay-off wedding plan extravaganza!!) & so happy to be reporting to you on happenings,..but let's get right to the festivities:

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WWhheeww!!!!

glad we got that out of our system.,

ok,..so the Terrence Malick film Badlands (1973) was presented by Benton Edwards (whheeww, again) & wow! -spectacular in every right. for those who don't know about Mr. Malick's exploits, he's that bloke that makes about 1 film every decade or so (4 films total to date in numerous decades) many however do consider his works to be masterpieces. in addition to Badlands, Days of Heaven (1978) IS (in my opinion) an outright masterpiece in that, you've probably not seen photography this beautiful in film history, simply stunning. Malick's other works include 1998's The Thin Red Line, & 05's The New World.

(OK time me,...GO!)

Badlands is a fiery American film in every sense of the phrase staring (a young) Martin Sheen & (equally young) Sissy Spacek-the 2 meet & ultimately fall in love. Sheen's character Kit takes Holly (played by Spacek) on a cross-country killing spree-(starting with Holly's father-who earlier had asked Kit to leave his daughter alone) - the films brilliance comes in it's subtle photography & effortless mood. the voice over throughout the movie from Holly comes off as a sweet, unnoticed lullaby with mid-west sensibilities. this is American film making people, with American actors, American writers & an incredible American director---& it feels American in it's presentation.

There's a wicked rumor that Broken Blues is providing a more thorough review of Badlands, for further inquiry, please visit said site-you can find link on right column,..strapped for time, as always, enjoy, or don't. love you--but totally great film seriously-experience it!