Review of The New World (2005) by Ankur K — 02 Jun 2010
"Terence Malick's one-of-a-kind film, about the life of Pocahontas and the dawn of American history, contains some of the best filmmaking imaginable - some of it beyond imagining. I have seen it at least five times and have no idea how Malick knew, when he put it all together, that the movie would even make sense. It's difficult to write a great short poem. It's difficult to write a great long novel. But to write a great long poem that's the size of a great long novel - one that makes sense, doesn't flag and is exponentially better than the short poem or the long novel ever would have been - that's almost impossible. Malick did it. With images." - Mick LaSalle - San Francisco Chronicle.
I second all of that having just watched the extended edition of the film. Its visual poetry! Truly epic.
This review of The New World (2005) was written by Ankur K on 02 Jun 2010.
The New World has generally received positive reviews.
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