Synopsis
Once discovered, it was changed forever.
A drama about explorer John Smith and the clash between Native Americans and English settlers in the 17th century.
The New World
2005 Directed by Terrence Malick
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Mark Ordesky Sarah Green Toby Emmerich Erik Holmberg Jody Levin Trish Hofmann Bill Mechanic Rolf Mittweg Christa Vausbinder
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Alternative Titles
Die neue Welt, Novi svijet, ニュー・ワールド, Naujasis pasaulis, Novi svet, Nový svet
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When aliens invade earth and unforeseeably exterminate our entire race in the passing of a millisecond with their incomprehensible bio-weaponry, the only human being that they're going to spare is Terrence Malick.
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All of Malick’s films have an intangible quality; a quality that either speaks directly to its transfixed audience or seems distancing and stylistically pretentious. For me Malick doesn’t make pretentious films, there is always a simplistic lyricism and honesty to all his work, instead the pretentiousness comes in trying to explain and rationalise his beguiling imagery. It is so easy to fall into the trap of grandiloquence when reviewing any of his films as you desperately try and capture their ephemeral beauty and ability to stir untapped, almost primordial, emotions. The irony is that verbose critiques (of which I’ve already succumbed within the opening paragraph) do a great disservice to Malick’s quietly devastating body of work as no amount of…
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To say that The New World was a crossroad for Terrence Malick is to suggest that it was formed out of indecisiveness, and such a line of thinking is misguided, but it is his most immediately sinuous work; a landmark in wandering, meandering, losing its train of thought in the eyes of another. It's a nearly-flawless synthesis; nature and the confines of civilization - an early sprout of Malick's interest in primitive purity and ambiguous hustle and bustle within the modern - pushing and pulling on the same canvas for dominance. But it is romance which wins in the end, and the end is something elusive, relative in Malick's eye, but it is a victory nonetheless, not one which…
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"What else is life but being near you?"
One of those times where you think "Damn it, why didn't I bring my notebook." So here's some discarded thoughts. This was my first Malick back in 2005 and it struck me back then as it strikes me now as monumental, much more than the visually ambitious but not as philosophically ambitious Tree of Life. Something of magisterial power being worked out here—a film that almost attempts to recognize the infinite ("There is no unreal," Smith tells us). It's also the film that I think best typifies what people think about when they think about Malick—The Thin Red Line is very much still a war picture with Malick's sensibilities, while this has…
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Or: The Curious Case of Geometrical Juxtaposition
First time seeing the Extended edition - it's easy for people to fault Malick's sincerity nowadays but it's hard for me to fault the sheer lack of cynicism: the very beautiful moments opening the film for example and the near tinges of a bridged cultural understanding, as well as Smith and Pocahontas's relationship touched me deeply; a rare earnesty in romanticism - I felt all my defences shattering, and free to let my guard down.
Of course there's more to this one - Malick's most overtly political work? The shift to Britain at the end remains astonishing.
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Malick has done it again. The New World is one of the best historical dramas out there. Easily the best portrayal of the story of Pocahontas and John Smith ever put on screen; sorry Disney :P. My only complaint about the film is that it really drags in some parts; especially the last 30 minutes. Q' Orianka Kilcher was superb as Pocahontas.
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Though the story in the film is one we’ve seen before and is obviously romanticized, Terrence Malick did go to great lengths to research both the Powhatan culture and English culture of the time in order to represent both accurately. He even worked with a linguist to accurately depict the Algonquin language as it might have been spoken at the time. The film shows two different cultures and people interacting in a very real way. Really well made film with great leads an excellent James Horner score!
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De momento la que menos me ha gustado de Malick. Es su última película narrativa antes de empezar con las otras y me da la sensación de que aquí se queda en un punto medio, quiere tener guion pero también hacerlo solo sensorial y no encuentra su sitio. Hasta con lo mucho he me gusta Lubezki le he visto totalmente contenido.
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I don’t know if I like Malick or if I just admire him.
It’s brilliantly photographed and epic and tender but I’m always yearning for something more in his later work.
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Vaya preciosidad de película, Terrence Malick eres todo un genio (La fotografía de Lubezki es mágica).😍😍😍
Es pura poesía en imágenes.
Es cierto que no es para todo los paladares y puede pecar de lenta, pero es toda una experiencia para los sentidos.
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