UW Film Club Podcast #101: Days Of Heaven

“Your podcast keep you warm at night, does she?”

In this episode, join us for a discussion on Terrence Malick’s visual masterpiece about love and loss at the turn of the century. We talk about the movie’s oddly divisive narration, the importance of substance in a movie so loved for its style, and so… much… wheat…

UW Film Club · Episode #101 – Days of Heaven (1978) – UW Film Club Podcast

On this episode: Sofia Geherin, Willow Goetting

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Review: ‘A Hidden Life’ is a Masterful Cinematic Prayer

Spirituality has defined many of Terrence Malick’s most universally lauded films throughout his career, from his foremost masterpiece The Tree of Life to some of his more polarizing films like Knight of Cups and more. Even when his films are not explicitly spiritual on the forefront, many seem to have a grander focus on portraying some sort of paradise being lost and the resulting internal journey. His newest film, A Hidden Life, is the film in his long career that perhaps exemplifies both of these aspects best. The film tells the true story of Franz Jägerstätter (August Diehl), an Austrian farmer turned conscientious objector during the Second World War who is executed in 1943 after being called up into service and refusing to swear an oath of loyalty to Hitler.

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