tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post7139270266396843743..comments2023-11-05T02:01:53.847-06:00Comments on Antagony & Ecstasy: DAYS OF MALICK: THERE NEVER WAS A PERFECT PERSON AROUND. YOU JUST HAVE HALF-ANGEL, HALF-DEVIL IN YOU.Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09491952893581644049noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post-66465372325404952422011-06-02T02:23:38.011-05:002011-06-02T02:23:38.011-05:00"Life is a constant flowing thing, not a seri..."Life is a constant flowing thing, not a series of discrete instants, the film tells us, and I do not know of another film that has made that argument half as well, nor used the very fabric of itself to express that idea more fully."<br /><br />Perfect.<br /><br />"Days of Heaven" came out when I was about 17 or 18, and its themes and images have stayed with me since. That shot of the wine glass, dropped and forgotten st the bottom of the stream, is a perfect symbol of impermanence. I imagined some archaeologist discovering it centuries later, trying to imagine who dropped it there and why. And it would be pure speculation, as the person attached to this artifact (and more importantly, the MEANING of it) was long gone.<br /><br />But that's the kind of shit you think about when you're 17. ;)<br /><br />(Wish I could have seen this movie in 70MM...)RickRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17060339578835099120noreply@blogger.com