Originally posted on www.differentscene.com
The long awaited The Tree of Life, staring Brad Pitt is hitting cinema screens in the UK today.
The film, which also stars Academy Award winner Sean Penn and Jessica Chastain was written and directed by Terrence Malick and looks at the origins of the meaning of life through a family living in 1950s Texas, and also contains themes involving space imagery and the birth of life on earth, which is evident to any one who has seen the trailer for the film.
After spending decades in development (that place where most films go and die) and missing two release dates in 2009 and 2010, the film finally debuted this year at the Cannes Film festival where it won the prestigious Palme d’Or award.
Now reviews of this film have been circling around for a while now (ever since its premier and the news stories that preceded it), and all in all the film has gained some amazing reviews with Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian calling it an “unashamedly epic reflection on love and loss.” Film critic and Pulitzer prize winner Roger Ebert said of the director and the film “There were once several directors who yearned to make no less than a masterpiece, but now there are only a few. Malick has stayed true to that hope ever since his first feature in 1973.”
Having read these reviews and being currently unable to watch the film I turned to the trailer to see what I could gather, and if the trailer is anything to go by then this film looks amazing. The scenes from the movie shown are beautifully shot and clearly show its status as a more independent art film than you would have thought (considering Hollywood star Brad Pitt is in it). Although there are no words spoken in the trailer the fast paced imagery keeps you enticed and wanting to know more, like who are these people, what are they doing, what’s going to happen. Which to me is a sign of a good movie if an almost silent trailer can make you do that.
The film has hit UK cinemas today, so if you haven’t watched the trailer go and watch it now (above) and pop along to the local cinema and watch the full film at the first opportunity!
It looks like a film that many people are going to be talking about.
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