Days of Heaven (1978)
A hot-tempered farm laborer convinces the woman he loves to marry their rich but dying boss so that they can have a claim to his fortune (imdb)
Cast and Information
Directed By: Terrence Malick
Written By: Terrence Malick
Starring: Sam Shepard, Robert J. Wilke, Richard Gere, Stuart Margolin, Brooke Adams, Linda Manz, Jackie Shultis
Country: USA
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Eric WK | 100 99% |
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I would say it's redundant to mention how stunningly and beautifully Days of Heaven is photographed, but it really can't be said enough. What is equally stunning and beautiful, though, is everything else about the film - the poetry of the narration; the wonderful score; the subtle examination of love and trust, of morality and human nature, of life and death. This is one of my favorite movies.
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djross | 94 99% |
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The second of Malick's quasi-Heideggerian masterpieces. Perhaps the most beautiful use of cinematic photography of all time. Whatever problems there were in production, the result is a magnificent film that should only be seen in a well-equipped large-screen cinema. "Shall we try expressing the subject as one in which the works and the emotions and the entanglements of human beings are at every moment reduced to insignificance by the casual rounds of earth and sky?" (Stanley Cavell).
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MartinTeller | 90 94% |
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Absolutely beautiful and impressionistic. The story is complete but feels threadbare, characterization is rather minimal. But the movie is a tour de force of mood and atmosphere and lyricism, with its own unique sense of time. It's visual poetry, like Anh Hung Tran. Linda Manz was very good, and even Richard Gere wasn't that bad (although he looks more like an underwear model than a steelworker or a farmhand). Adams' perpetual frown got annoying after a while.
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Alex Watkins | 6 98% |
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Could just as well be titled Diary of a Young Girl. The central romance of Days of Heaven is muted and distant precisely because we're viewing the story through Linda's eyes, and her narration is as concerned with minor incidences as with the primary narrative thread. The end of this story is only the beginning of hers. Malick would later further explore this sense of life as fleeting memories inextricably tied to emotion, but he was never again as lively or spontaneous as here.
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Mentaculus | 93 93% |
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Malick makes tiresome things like film editing and melancholy fresh with seemingly little effort. One of very few movies for me (like Herzog's 'Aguirre') that really does feel like the camera fell out of the sky into the time and place it depicts: like the filming itself dissolves into the narrative and the ambiance, as if the movie is simply an idea, and the film doesn't exist. The intangible qualities of the film as a whole, perhaps, transcend its telling, which must be fine telling indeed.
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Dean Franz | 25 27% |
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So you barely have any plot? Your actors can't act worth shit? Well, don't worry, because symbolism is on sale today! And you're in luck, because it's the big, fat, heavy-handed type! And if you buy a fuckton, we'll throw in a handful of painfully obvious biblical allegories as well! Step right up! You too can imbue your gorgeous nature footage with needless swill that the critics will gobble right up like steaming hot jizz from Antonionis' member! It's your lucky day, Mr. Malick!
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Hawkins | 87 84% |
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You reap what you sow in the field of workplace relations, especially when there's no H.R. department. The Steinbeckish setting and romantic aesthetic here sweep me off my feet, but I never fully buy into the kids' voice-over even though it contains some nuggets of youthful wisdom that ring true ("I could be a mud doctor"). Still manages to explore quite a bit about family, class, and industry without words. In this sense it appears progenitor to both "There Will Be Blood" and "The Master".
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BillyShears | 100 98% |
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Went into this with an attitude, how can a movie about people harvesting wheat be any good? OH LIKE THIS...
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KMcNeil | 10 98% |
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"You know how people are. You tell them something, they start talking." The golden hues of the fields and the sky, the sunrises and sunsets- and the violent outbursts that break with this beauty - not only illustrates Malick's eye for beautiful, balanced composition and painterly technique, but also highlights overall themes (order/disorder,unity/selfpreservation). Coupled with a magnificent score and great performances from Adams, Gere and Shepard, "Days of Heaven" is in the pantheon of cinema.
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schnofel | 100 99% |
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Class struggle amidst the land that made us. Of a past that can never be regained, told in romantic splendor. A holy film.
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goremeat | 88 90% |
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Aside from one of the strangest uses of Saint-Saëns' Aquarium I've seen/heard, Days of Heaven is a luxuriously vibrant sensory treat. The photography is beautiful - the lighting and sense of movement are exquisitely captured. Though I cannot say that the base story grabbed me to the same extent, Malick produced a wonderful work of art here.
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juntakinte99 | 75 49% |
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A Malick movie guarantees great philosophy and landscape photography. But this picture also shows a reliance on 1950's melodrama plots--with a romance that's not as memorable as his war or crime work. The magic hour cinematography and Ennio Morricone music are hypnotic. However, the film's final third is obviously rushed and tacked on. It's still good! I just don't think it's worthy of being repeatedly named one of the greatest films ever made--let alone a highpoint of his filmography.
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krmr | 62 16% |
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How beautiful, it is should go without saying and I actually would have liked it far more had there been no story at all but instead just the scenery accompanied by Ennio Morricone's beautiful score. This is because the story is spread too thin accompanied by a heavy handed voice-over with characters often acting just plain dumb.
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ZayanK | 94 93% |
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Shooting exclusively in the magic hour should be considered cheating in filmmaking.
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Nathan S | 5 93% |
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How close the earth. The class struggle and toil of labor, a warm devotion or a profane deception, restless aspiration and longing. Yet the sky and horizon remain forever beyond reach. Divine cycles spare no mortal concern, the world never ceases to spin, and one story's end is another's beginning.
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caiman | 98 99% |
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One of the most visually perfect movies I've ever seen. But that's not solely where the greatness of this movie lies. The music, the story, the acting, and the editing all contribute to that difficult-to-define quality that makes a movie stand out from all the other greats out there. There's a delicate poetry coursing through this film's veins. It gives you a feeling of deep emotional resonance, and you don't even know why. That's the sign of a masterpiece, and this film is most definitely that.
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XakkMaster | 93 94% |
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The very definition of Americana. Amber waves of grain, vintage farm machinery and folks working to find their piece of the American Dream. It's an expose of labor-class struggles against wealth and the promise of manifest destiny. The visuals are legendary but the lush score is equally arresting, transporting viewers to America's Breadbasket at the dawning of the 20th century. A delicate balance of tragedy and the promise of tomorrow propels a simple story of normal people in trying situations.
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paulofilmo | 73 85% |
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I could have watched those wheat fields to Morricone all day. I guess Malick had to stir things up lest he bewilder 90% of the movie-going public. I wish the plot had the conviction of the mood.
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| 3 | Manhatta | 100 98% |
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A triumph in creating atmosphere. Even the narration is unlike anything else.
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PeaceAnarchy | 87 87% |
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The story is interesting, but where the movie shines is in the mood it creates. The movie wanders along as if alongside the characters, rather than following them, which, along with the beautiful cinematography connects you to the characters emotionally.
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deaddilly | 90 93% |
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Overwhelming grace blankets this whole film. Even when the heat gets turned up Malick subdues his actors to give space for nature to flourish. It is a wonderful and almost divine method of storytelling. Also, Canada has never looked so desirable.
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omgfridge | 9 92% |
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Beautiful in so many aspects. Drags you in and is completely atmospheric. Only real flaw is that it starts off so good that the latter parts of the film don't seem as good even though they are of high quality. A very rewarding film.
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Cinema_Asia | 90 96% |
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On the surface this seems like an insubstantial story of a love triangle. Malick is content to reduce character exposition and let the setting speak for itself. When the emotions emerge it is always in conjunction with setting. The fiery jealousy and feelings of betrayal precedes a plague of fire and locusts. Prosperity and happiness is shown with golden swaying fields. A time of uncertainty comes with a flying circus. There is no wasted scene nor wasted meaning. Beautiful film making.
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Magb | 85 73% |
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Excellent this here movie. I don't think it warrants too much in-depth analysis; it's above all a compelling story, told in a compelling way. My only complaint is that some of the young girl's voice-over narration seemed unnecessary, as voice-over narration so often is.
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billkerwin | 98 97% |
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Perhaps the most beautiful film made in America, this archetypal biblical tale is deepened and enriched by superb voice-over narration. The story is simple, but the resonances are many. Of special note: Linda Manz, as Bill's young sister, gives her only great performance--and it is truly an unforgettable one.
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kevinjoseph | 78 96% |
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A visual haiku. This was my first Malick and I can see why he's so revered. His syntax and story structure are so damned unique.
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Valenzetti | 95 96% |
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The rare film that seems more wholly grounded in this world than in any other. Here is Herzog's "ecstatic truth".
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redacted | 76 60% |
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Some telling lines, well, they had to be. The dialogue was concise, the imagery was high end, the stormy wind in the wheat before Bill returns, the farmer had nothing better to do but watch it all, noticing every hint of infidelity. Malick groans about moving into the steam age before the plot eventually gets spread in front of us. Overall, it's a story about the effect adults and their frivolous wants and scheme's have on children. She had all she wanted till it literally went up in flames.
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closedmouth | 100 97% |
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Someone needs to clean up that audio. It has not aged well.
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| 2 | damil | 60 43% |
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A lot of critics seem to praise the hell out of this film, proclaiming it a masterpiece and all. For the first hour at least, I didn't like it much. I couldn't really figure out what was going on really, and it felt so disjointed. However, I thought the last 30 minutes were awesome. So, I don't really know how I felt about it overall. It certainly has some interesting direction and editing and the cinematography was gorgeous.
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Svengali | 46 27% |
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Some of the most beautiful photography ever, the screen absolutely vibrates with endless beauty of a palette that seemingly is just there to please your eyes and mind. I fear and think that many loses themselves in this, there's not much else to it - there's your typical Malick schmaltzy voice over trying to create some mood that comes out plainly irritating and blunt. Morricone's score is good in its own right but here it's just comes out blunt and boring.
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ratedargh | 100 97% |
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Everything worked. From the score to every single image placed on screen. The sparse narrative helps weave a dreamlike quality as could only be seen through the eyes of our childlike surrogate narrating the film. Nothing is wasted. The locust scene is breathtaking, like the rest of the film entirely. A terrific experience worth revisiting time and again.
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Ocelot | 70 73% |
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Days of Heaven is a fine film, but the heaps of praise bestowed upon in feel odd to me, especially considering its merit lies almost exclusively in its visuals. It's a little confusing to me how "it looks great" is justified here when people who say that about eye-candy blockbusters are idiots who just want to see pretty things exploding on the screen. What separates the beauty of images if not what they're showcasing beyond simple visual splendor?
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loc42 | 70 56% |
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About the Fall vs. Heaven, civilization vs. state of nature with an attitude of religious-mystical existentialism, is what I thought to be the framework. Mallick constructs a dreamlike & simple world constituted of land (earth and common people) and the farm-house (heaven and lord). Aby & Bill sacrifice their bond (happiness before Fall) in search of wealth (knowledge and apple) which triggers a chain of violent events (Fall). The little girl as the storyteller may be the bearer of this 1st sin.
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oskarhu | 82 82% |
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It's hard not to be impressed by the audiovisual qualities of this film. However, the story, while beautifully told, is quite conventional in its predictability and doesn't particularly excite.
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Barthalen | 81 84% |
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Absolutely gorgeous. The environment truly becomes a character of its own, one that tends to eclipse the actors themselves. Some interesting themes, but the story felt a little light at times. I didn't much care for the epilogue. But still.. absolutely gorgeous.
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Stain | 0 8% |
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Big Lemons | 94 96% |
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One of the prettiest films I've seen, to be sure.
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frederic_g54 | 10 97% |
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Malick's most complete and satisfying work to date. Where Badlands and The New World felt more like 'style over substance' (though I still love both), Days of Heaven explores and embraces a multitude of diverse themes such as commitment, relationships, life and death, trust and once again, choices people make. The amazing camera work, music and atmosphere made me cherish the film even more. Highly recommended!
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IsaacM | 70 55% |
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Dreamy
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feublo | 90 90% |
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(90 on rewatch): Imagine that our most divine days are those shared intimately. Realizing the amenities of our world cannot perish a true connection, and love seems to withstand it's blaze of locusts testing our faith. More powerful than I remembered. (85 first watch) Malick intertwines a poetic universality between nature, civilization, and technology. The voice-over becomes natural to it's atmosphere, yet Linda remains distant from our story. A dream-like state that is beyond beautiful.
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| 1 | whatisitisee | 80 80% |
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A period piece out of space and time
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| 1 | air0storm | 83 87% |
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In the top 3 most visually stunning films I've ever seen. It's also more contained and less self indulgent than some of Mallick's later work, so I much prefer this one
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Adds | 55 30% |
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Overly long with overly drawn out scenes. I quite disliked a lot of the camerawork and angles used.
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bhajansunlo | 79 82% |
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The film is quite definitely pretty and has a wistful quality to it that adds more to the film than the characters do. Similar themes as Badlands are resonated here where the focus is more on the sense of being in the environment and less about our worldly stories. Unforutanely, that for me is not moving or inspiring enough as I feel this sense powerfully walking at dusk through the streets or the parks in the north. The film does that have that much of an impact for me.
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Ceekay19 | 70 55% |
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Linda: "Sometimes I'd feel very old, like my whole life is over, like I'm not around no more."
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hotsake | 60 51% |
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The child actor in this was atrocious as were the voice overs. Terrence Malick always gives you beautiful movies to look at but he doesn't always make good movies to go with the cinematography. The locus part was amazing and was by far the most interesting thing that happened in the movie up till then.
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lex | 100 98% |
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An astonishing feast for the senses and soul. The score, cinematography, subtle storytelling and narration all blend together to create one of the most remarkably beautiful 90 minutes ever put to film.
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peyrin | 85 90% |
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While Badlands keeps up its romantic depiction of the characters even as Kit goes on his killing spree, Days of Heaven wastes no time digging into the deepest flaws of its main characters. Visuals are gorgeous beyond words.
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adamj1982 | 90 94% |
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Could have ran for at least another 30 minutes.
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| 1 | Nepeta | 95 96% |
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The truly gorgeous cinematography which peers through the grass below or towers over the characters making them seem small, insignificant. The bittersweet tone showing life in its concurrent joy and pain. The wonderful narration combining a child's eye with a world weary voice. The masterful creation of mood which serves to amplify every little action, every bit of emotion. And yet ultimately the effect this film has is beyond simple words - it is something you can only feel and can't explain.
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dardan | 93 96% |
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Dumptruk4Lif | 100 97% |
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Woah, I saw it and I likes it! The visuals get exactly the praise they deserve. Did you see that part where they were trying to put out that humongous wall of fire? That was insane. I enjoyed how the story didn't really deal in specifics but in quick glimpses of their day to day routine, something pretty unique to a historical picture, which usually try to show off details instead. It really felt like it was magic, like someone recorded their dream.
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cairosmith | 36 24% |
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Insanely beautiful. Infuriatingly unplanned. The plot here is about an inch deep.
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| 1 | flapjack6x | 89 93% |
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I must say that I've never been a big fan of period piece's. They always feel contrived, and inevitably limited by the restraints of conforming to the time period. Like the sole acknowledgement of the time period it takes place in renders me incapable of ever fully immersing myself in the story. With that being said, Days of Heaven however is still a wonderfully profound, poetic film which always feels sincerely endearing, and genuinely captivating. Giving the film a magical quality throughout.
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| 1 | sourheart | 3 37% |
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Need to rewatch for Gere's face
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jacobclark12 | 97 96% |
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A film as sparse yet as beautiful as this one is a rare bird. Days of Heaven is such a uniquely shot and edited film to the point that I truly have never seen anything like it (especially with Morricone's score). It feels less like an American story and more like a biblical one thanks to the various imagery Malick uses throughout. A large part of this film's success is its framing through Linda via voice-over, who lends a young and optimistic yet still world-weary lens to its happenings.
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| 1 | Zoran | 81 74% |
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There is so much joy and pain when you watch his movies. An so much reward as well.
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NathanBates | 60 34% |
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An incredibly beautiful film although the story inside doesn't seem to have enough heft for it. I also had issues with the story structure, as we learn a lot that our narrator might not have been able to know about. If you like movies that showcase "mood," this one should be high on the list.
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redflag | 98 93% |
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A working class fairy tale and tragedy.
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Maaxwell | 90 92% |
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There are many things that make Days of Heaven an outstanding picture, but the cornerstone is the exquisite pastoral photography of Néstor Almendros and Haskell Wexler, which ranks comfortably among the greatest in American cinema. The simple story, enchanting score and beautiful visuals all combine for a spellbinding experience, which is brought down only by Linda Manz's redundant narration, no-doubt an attempt to emulate the magic of Sissy Spacek's in Badlands.
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| 1 | brallon | 86 92% |
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This film is obviously beautiful as many others have mentioned. I really liked the story too though; it's simple but powerful.
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Suldrup | 75 71% |
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One of the most beautifully shot films I have ever seen.
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Gnalkhere | 90 90% |
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Oh dear oh dear, gorgeous
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QVT | 45 53% |
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Literally everything about this, save the visuals, is a DISASTER. Some of the worst acting, the worst dialogue, the worst plotting, the worst voice overing, all of it. But oh my God, if this isn't the most beautiful naturalistic film ever shot, then whatever tops it is something special. Any time there was a train on screen I got a boner. It's the kind of thing that should be watched dubbed into French or something, anything to stop the voice over accent. But my god, the trains!
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Kavu | 90 94% |
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Simple but effective story with superb cinematography and score. What's not to like? Even the running time is half of what you'd expect.
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TheDiceman | 75 89% |
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Good film.
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| 1 | Sapphire | 95 95% |
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Exquisitely beautiful period piece. Tragic & heartbreaking.
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Derekstar | 80 68% |
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I love Malick, but I wasn't all in on this movie the way most people are. If the film had ended with the descent of the locusts and the crop fire, I'd be all for that. We'd end with a biblical tone and it'd be dark and confusing. The almost-supernatural ending could have been very powerful. The 20 minute sequence post-fire takes away from the beauty of that moment. Also, we didn't need the child character. She's just an unnecessary narrator, and just a distraction from the story.
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weirdyoda | 96 96% |
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Beautiful, like all Malick films. I was mesmerized.
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| 1 | slobone | 50 13% |
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Beautiful to look at but boooring.
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Icarus | 91 91% |
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Malick's early film explores the collision of two worlds, rural and urban. The filmmaker's sympathies seem to lie clearly with the rural, with its natural beauty, its freedom to run and roam, and its ability to foster community and connection. Malick tells the story of this collision primarily with his pictures, showing us the differences rather than telling us, and allowing us to empathize with the people from these worlds, no matter where they find themselves.
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Paradigma | 80 89% |
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- I think i love you - What a nice thing to say
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e_e | 70 77% |
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Locust swarm for the win!
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Stradivarius | 93 95% |
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Beautiful film, simple and real.
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graveyardtan | 100 98% |
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Influential to all of my favorite contemporary filmmakers and cinematographers. The narration is one-of-a-kind fantastic and the locust scene is unforgettable.
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| 1 | Mechatigger | 100 91% |
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Superbly photographed work of art (Nestor Almendros and Haskell Wexler) in which the visual images dwarf the simple story line. Malick achieves a visual quality rarely seen in American films.
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bof | 93 99% |
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GodDAMN, this movie is beautiful. That shot of the locusts taking off...
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KAH | 4 93% |
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Another lyrical film from Malick, with an almost larger-than-life view of these people and their situation in this given time and place, but at the same time the voice-over narration is down to earth, tender and almost naive, a contrast that works great. Not to forget: It's perhaps the most beautifully photographed film I've seen.
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JohnSandwich | 100 99% |
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Everyone of course notes the visuals, which are just incredible; however, I think Linda Manz excellent voice-over work is also a very important factor in making the film as wonderful as it is. So props to her. And everyone involved, really - I dunno, I just think this was perfect.
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yesistasty | 99 98% |
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Stunning. Here we see close attention given to the nature of the plains and the folkways of the people. Those are the basic elements of a remarkably poetic statement.
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Bown | 88 88% |
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Very beautiful.
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Judo Koala | 76 61% |
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Narratively one of my least favourite Malick films; cinematographically one of my favourites. One of my more underwhelming Malick viewing experiences given its import within film history.
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wetwillies | 80 37% |
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The cinematography is gorgeous, few films look as great as this one and the score is quite good too. But the voice-over is not very good and the story didn't really pique my interest till the locusts showed up. So for all of its technical prowess, I'm not sure if it really interested me but sometimes you need to just sit back and take in the scenery. The beautiful, beautiful scenery.
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Bunken | 90 96% |
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Beautiful in a way that only Malick can make it and Morricone's soundtrack only adds pieces to the magnificent puzzle. Can't believe it took me so long to actually watch this one and now I'm just even sadder that he took a break from film making for two decades... What movies me must have missed out on...
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hellboy76 | 82 95% |
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Beautiful and practically glows.
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glumpy_99 | 90 81% |
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Staggeringly beautiful epic, perhaps ineveitably mutes its overall impact by pursuing a narrative which requires the three leads to remain aloof to the viewer. It follows that Gere, Adams and Shepard are fine, but are overwhelmed by the real stars of the show: Nestor Aleandros's awe-inspiring cinematography (with assist from Haskell Wexler) teamed with Malick's highly idiosyncratic, hypnotic direction and another sterling Morricone score. A mighty and unique achievement despite its shortcomings.
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Elysian Air | 99 96% |
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There are few words that explain how absolutely beautiful this film is, not only in terms of the cinematography, but the story of drifters from Chicago looking for work in the fields, and how they become intertwined with their dying boss. It's pure ethereal Americana at it's most refined and realistic. It's the story of two social classes colliding with one another and the sparks that ignite the fire. Also noteworthy is Linda Manz's superb narrations floating serenely above it all.
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Huah | 96 95% |
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There's not much to try to say about this film, but only what you should experience yourself. The fastidious lengths that Malik went to create such a genuine and rustic experience are truly beyond words. I felt like I wasn't just watching a film, but taking a trip back into these pastoral and insouciant times. The narrative of the adorably innocent and sweet character of Linda Manz added an inexplicable poetic brilliance that gave almost an seraphic omnipresence over the progression of events.
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HombredeMaiz | 100 98% |
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Beautiful. Powerful. Rich. Malick directs a masterpiece of naturalism with slight dialogue and simple story wrapped in symbolism. The plot is propelled by visuals spelling out the tension and inner worlds of the characters. Gere, Adams and Shephard tell the story through their expressions giving the film a silent quality. That silence is filled with an excellent score by Morricone. Malick's choppy editing might distract from the more naturalistic feel of the rast of the film. A true triumph.
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| Average Percentile 73.37% from 2599 Ratings |  |