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Undiscovered Country.

By KcM on May 26, 2006 2:22 PM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

"Right here is the essence of Malick's existential outlook: the utter inconsequence of our short lives compared to the ancient landscape we inhabit and aim to conquer...The achievement of The New World is not to evoke a paradise lost, but to conjure the terrible beauty of the one we remain intent on destroying." In another rave for an overlooked gem of 2005, Slate's Benjamin Strong ruminates on the "subtle greatness" of Malick's New World.

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