A sandstone statue of The Tree of Life, on my balcony
Those who have been following my blog recently will have noted the slightest vexation with the decoration of our building's Christmas tree. But I am now long since over that.
Recently we watched Terence Mallick's The Tree of Life, as depicted on this DVD cover. It does appear to have a high rating, but it was an unusual experience to say the least. There was an early sequence wthin it when I very nearly switched it off. Like a number of movies I have been watching recently there is a strong element of self-indulgence which may well be a jolly experience for the director, but for viewers it borders on the tedious. The only redeeming feature was the rather fine acting by the three young sons of Brad Pitt, and Mrs Brad Pitt. The rest of it would probably do quite well as a first time submission at movie school, (or whatever it's called).
So strife and trees seem to be my theme this week. I probably haven't quite flogged this horse to death enough yet; we'll see - still a few more days until the blessed event to do that justice.
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4 comments:
Hello:
We very recently saw a trailer of this whilst at the cinema for another film and decided on balance that it looked, as you say, rather tedious.
I have to say there are better ways of spending your time.
Your tree carving looks like the old Thai/Khmer art. It is so nicely detailed. Is it old, or a more recent production?
--Road to Parnassus
It's a copy of a Khmer piece, so circa yesterday, approximately. It's begining to weather nicely as it is exposed to the elements.
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