Review of Days of Heaven (1978) by Zachary H — 02 Dec 2014
A visually stunning film from Filmmaking Legend Terrence Malick. Days of Heaven in a nut shell is a film about a hot headed mill worker named Bill (Richard Gere) who kills his boss fighting during work, so he runs off with his girlfriend Abby (Brooke Adams) and his younger sister Linda (Linda Manz).
They turn up in a rural part of Texas and work at a farmers ranch for the summer. The Farmer (Sam Shepard) is dying from an illness, but falls madly in love with Abby. Bill see's this as an opportunity to get out of the rut they've been in all his life, so he tells Abby to marry the Farmer, so that they can inherit his money.
Abby agrees, but soon finds herself falling for the man that she's suppose to be just falsely in love with. Bill can't take it and soon thing get out of hand. First off the cinematography in this film is outstanding!!! Literally each shot presents itself like its a work of art.
Colors burst from the screen (part of the magic of shooting during the magic hours of the day), and the performances really convey the feeling to the viewers of the despair, passion and pain the characters have.
I really enjoyed this one and recommend people that appreciate film give it a look!
This review of Days of Heaven (1978) was written by Zachary H on 02 Dec 2014.
Days of Heaven has generally received very positive reviews.
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