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Terrence Malick in Texas

Of the three Terrence Malick films the Dallas Film Society will be screening this week -- Badlands , Days of Heaven , The Thin Red Line -- in advance of The Tree of Life opening locally on Friday (part of a nationwide expansion), only one is set, geographically, in Texas. But from an emotional and spiritual perspective, all three are closely related to The Tree of Life . ( A New World is a different matter entirely.) Badlands starts in a small town in South Dakota in the 1950s, where the residential streets are deceptively quiet. Days of Heaven begins in a Chicago factory before migrating to the big open fields of West Texas, with only the owner's small home in view. The Thin Red Line takes place in the Pacific during World War II. And The Tree of Life revolves around a family's life in a small town in Texas in the 1950s, bringing us full circle. All of Malick's films are worthy of deeper study, and there's no finer way to do that than to see them on the biggest screen possible, preferably with other people so you can discuss the wonderment and the befuddlement together. The "Malick Retrospective" series begins in Dallas tonight with Badlands , continuing tomorrow with Days of Heaven , and concluding with The Thin Red Line on Thursday . All screenings are set for 7:30 p.m. at the Angelika Film Center, and tickets are priced at $6. The Tree of Life then opens exclusively there on Friday. Check around your town and see if anyone has similar retrospectives planned. If not, all three are available on DVD, with the latter two on Blu-ray. You don't have to see them before The Tree of Life , which stands alone, but it's fascinating to watch Malick's steady progression from the lovely, incisive, yet straight-forward Badlands to half-narrative, half-silent Days of Heaven to the poetic free form of The Thin Red Line to whatever you want to call The Tree of Life . Once upon a time, Japanese idols were supposed to be vapid, nice-looking kids who were "the hot thing" for a moment, after which they'd fade into the oblivion of the talentless to be replaced by the next one. But as of late we're seeing idols who refuse to go down that easily. Idols who successfully start acting careers and, surprise...

Dallas Movie Screenings: Buck Brannaman will be coming to Dallas

. To join our mailing list you must sign up at our group page on Yahoo. You will then be connected to receive notices on how to find passes to the local screenings in the DFW area. It's up to you to pickup or sign up for passes. You can also barter, trade or just giveaway passes you don't want, need or share with other members of the group. Please read the instructions on the Yahoo page very carefully before posting. This group is closely moderated so that your mail box is not full of spam or other unnecessary mail. We appreciate everyone's consideration and cooperation. BUCK, a richly textured and visually stunning film, follows Brannaman from his abusive childhood to his phenomenally successful approach to horses. A real-life “horse-whisperer”, he eschews the violence of his upbringing and teaches people to communicate with their horses through leadership and sensitivity, not punishment. Buck possesses near magical abilities as he dramatically transforms horses – and people – with his understanding, compassion and respect. In this film, the animal-human relationship becomes a metaphor for facing the daily challenges of life. A truly American story about an unsung hero, BUCK is about an ordinary man who has made an extraordinary life despite tremendous odds.

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