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The long, long wait for Terrence Malick\u2019s The Tree of Life<\/em> continues, and I\u2019m enjoying every delicious day of suspense.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, here\u2019s one of the more substantial articles about it that I\u2019ve seen.<\/a><\/p>\n

And I love this bit:<\/p>\n

Malick\u2019s eccentric directing style is well known by those who have shot with him. Will Wallace, actor for The Thin Red Line, The New World<\/em> and The Tree of Life<\/em> described one occasion: \u201cTerry has a very unique style of directing. It was Martin Sheen who first told me (before I was leaving for Australia to shoot TTRL) to just trust in Terry and his direction even though you may wonder what he is trying to get out of you. Martin says that to this day, he is most proud of his work in Badlands<\/em>, and he told me that he attributes that to the direction he got from Terry. You may ask for an example of such: A line might be as simple as \u201cWhere is everyone in Charlie Company?\u201d\u2026 Terry may ask that you say it again as if you are staring at a strange canoe. Upon trying to visualize a strange canoe, the actor says the line again. Terry then says, \u201cno\u2026 that wasn\u2019t it\u2026 say it again, but this time say it as if you are staring at a strange totem pole.\u201d Upon commencing the lines, your eyes might tend to veer upwards in applying this direction, in which case Terry might shout \u201cBUT DON\u201dT LOOK UP!\u201d This actually happened to Adrian Brody.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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