The brilliant and essential guide to the award-winning director of Days of Heaven and Badlands.
Daniele Villa, Carlo Hintermann, Luciano Baracaroli, and Gerardo Panichi worked together in the Italian publishing house Ubulibri under the guidance of the late Franco Quadri. After having edited books on Otar Ioseliani, David Lynch and Takeshi Kitano, they chose to make a documentary about Terrence Malick since his films served as a prism through which they could view American cinema. They met Malick in Milan in 2001 at a screening of the restored copy of Badland and, in 2002, the film Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick, directed by Luciano Baracaroli, Carlo Hintermann, Gerardo Panichi and Daniele Villa was presented at the Venice Film Festival.
'This new book, put together by admiring young Italian film-makers,
has found the right approach ... Explicitly not a biography, it is
instead a medley of interviews and memoirs about working with
Malick ... Mostly, though, it's telling practicalities, for it is a
peculiarity of Malick's methods that he does not instruct even his
actors about the meaning of their roles ... before [Jessica
Chastain] auditioned for him, she watched all his films, which she
already loved, in chronological order again - to get a feeling of
his world; I recommend it to everyone to watch all his movies again
one after the other. So here's a plan for the dark days: get this
tactful but highly informative book, get the films, and do just
that, reading its chapters as you go.' Evening Standard '[A]
detailed read ... told through quotes from these who worked with
the maverick ... An untangling insight into one of cinemas greatest
enigmas.' Sunday Times 'The wonder of Terrence Malick. His
extraordinary films show the beauty and violence at the heart of
nature.' Sameer Rahim Prospect 'An enjoyable collection of
interviews, memories and testimonials from actors and key
collaborators, the book charts the continuing growth of Malick's
vision, exploring his obsessions with identity, family, the natural
world and the human condition through the stories of those closest
to him ... accessible, conversational ... [Terence Malick:
Rehearsing the Unexpected] is full of telling detail and new
insight.' Sunday Business Post 'Terrence Malick: Rehearsing the
Unexpected aims to unravel the creative process behind Malick's
work ... the book is not so much a biography as it is an
introduction to Malick's universe.' Jocks & Nerds
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