Journal article
The cinema of entanglement: how not to contemplate Terrence Malick’s To the Wonder, Voyage of Time, and Knight of Cups
New Review of Film and Television Studies, Vol.17(1), pp.20-37
2019
Abstract
Terrence Malick's To the Wonder (2012), Knight of Cups (2015), and Voyage of Time: Life's Journey (2016) share a consistent use of theological and metaphysical references in voice-over narration. This paper frames the markedly spiritual and religious connotations of these 2010s films as an expression of a persistent teleological vision of time and history in contemporary settings. It argues that such vision is highly complicated and subverted by the films' innovative formal and aesthetic elements. The analysis foregrounds the relevance of current scientific and philosophical notions of entanglement in Malick's films and offers an ecocritical interpretation and application of some of the films' formal and narrative complexities in contemporary settings.
Details
- Title
- The cinema of entanglement: how not to contemplate Terrence Malick’s To the Wonder, Voyage of Time, and Knight of Cups
- Authors
- Gabriella Blasi (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast
- Publication details
- New Review of Film and Television Studies, Vol.17(1), pp.20-37
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Date published
- 2019
- DOI
- 10.1080/17400309.2019.1563360
- ISSN
- 1740-0309
- Organisation Unit
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99450660802621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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