The Tree of Life (2011)

Quotes about The Tree of Life: [[Roger Ebert; http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110602/REVIEWS/110609998 review of ''The Tree of Life'' (2 June 2011)] * ], in his

Quotes about The Tree of Life: [[w:Terrence Malick|Terrence Malick; [ambition; [humility; [all; [existence; [lives; [boldness; [Stanley Kubrick|Kubrick's; [2001: A Space Odyssey; [human; [feeling; [know; [connected; [personal; [experience; [time; [place; [gift; [discipline; [forgiveness; [play; [meaning; [spirituality; [birth; [universe; [evolution; [present; [moment; [Big Bang; [words; [beginning; [nature; [grace; [Visions|vision; [understood; [time] ]'s The Tree of Life is a film of vast ] and deep ], attempting no less than to encompass ] of ] and view it through the prism of a few infinitesimal ]. The only other film I've seen with this ] of vision is ] ], and it lacked Malick's fierce evocation of ] ]. … I don't ] when a film has ] more immediately with my own ] ]. In uncanny ways, the central events of The Tree of Life reflect a ] and ] I lived in, and the boys in it are me. If I set out to make an autobiographical film, and if I had Malick's ], it would look so much like this. … There is a father who maintains ] and a mother who exudes ], and long summer days of ] and idleness and urgent unsaid questions about the ] of things. … The film's portrait of everyday life, inspired by Malick's memories of his hometown of Waco, Texas, is bounded by two immensities, one of space and time, and the other of ]. The Tree of Life has awe-inspiring visuals suggesting the ] and expansion of the ], the appearance of life on a microscopic level and the ] of species. This process leads to the ] ], and to all of us. We were created in the ] and over untold millions of years, molecules formed themselves into, well, you and me. And what comes after? In whispered ] near the ], "]" and "]" are heard. … The film's coda provides a ] of an afterlife, a desolate landscape on which quiet people solemnly recognize and greet one another, and all is ] in the fullness of ].