Terrence Malick

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q215478: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

Counted as director, the making department they hold the most credits in. The films the hosts said they directed, which the two lists below run through too: An Angel at My Table (1990); The Thin Red Line (1998); The Tree of Life (2011); To the Wonder (2012); Knight of Cups (2015); Song to Song (2017); A Hidden Life (2019); A Hidden Life (said only as 'the Malik') (2019); Days of Heaven; Malick filmography; Terrence Malick films; The New World; unspecified.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

Saving Private Ryan (1998): 1 line

  1. industry (industry) · through The Thin Red Line (1998), which they directed: Saving Private Ryan ⇒ The Thin Red Line (the host's read). Ryan spearheaded a WWII revival that included The Thin Red Line and others.
    “It also spearheaded Hollywood's World War II revival.”
    The Big Picture · 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time? · 0:59:33 · Brian Raftery (0.90 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

Barry Jenkins: 1 line

  1. lineage (possible influence) · through An Angel at My Table (1990), which they directed: An Angel at My Table ⇒ Barry Jenkins (the host's read). Speaker wonders whether Jenkins referenced Angel when making Moonlight.
    “I wonder if Barry Jenkins, like references at all in working on Moonlight”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · An Angel at My Table with Dana Stevens · 0:19:54 · David Sims (0.45 sure it was them)

Pearl Harbor (2001): 1 line

  1. craft (music borrowed) · through The Thin Red Line (1998), which they directed: The Thin Red Line ⇒ Pearl Harbor (the host's read). Disney used the Thin Red Line score in the Pearl Harbor trailer without permission, and Malick later cashed that in.
    “Disney uses the score for the thin red line, um, when they, uh, when they do the Pearl Harbor trailer.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Empire of the Sun with Bilge Ebiri · 0:40:07 · Bilge Ebiri (0.80 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Directing (18) everyone in directing

Other (3) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

career (2)

  1. career (career): Ben Mendelsohn → Terrence Malick. Mendelsohn worked long and prosperously before, including in Terrence Malick and Baz Luhrmann movies.
    “he had appearing Terrence Malik movies and Baz Luhrmann movies”
    The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:36:23 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): A Hidden Life (said only as 'the Malik') → Terrence Malick. Speaker is a huge Malick fan hoping for a full comeback; liked a lot but never crossed over into love since The New World.
    “I just kind of wanted to be knocked back in a way I haven't been since New World.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Fifth Annual Blank Check Awards with Joe Reid (Ad-Free) · 1:13:44 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

contrast (1)

  1. contrast (inverse sequence): Terrence Malick → 2001: A Space Odyssey. Malick's raptor scene in Tree of Life does a 2001-style sequence but as the first act of mercy rather than violence.
    “Malik always described that as like the 1st act of kindness or the 1st act of mercy.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 1:23:22 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

craft (2)

  1. craft (craft): Terrence Malick → Hans Zimmer. Malick scored The Thin Red Line, then recut it and placed pieces of Zimmer's score where they were not written.
    “it's the classic Malic thing where it was like scored and then he recut it and put pieces where they weren't written.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Empire of the Sun with Bilge Ebiri · 0:39:43 · Bilge Ebiri (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. craft (visual comp): The Texas Chain Saw Massacre → Terrence Malick. Leatherface in the field with lens flare looks like a Malick movie, accidental poetry loaded with dread.
    “there's the shot in that movie of leatherface in the field with the sort of lens flare in the sun where suddenly it feels like you're watching like a Terrence Malik movie”
    The Big Picture · The Top 10 Fantasy Films, The Toy Movie Hall of Fame, and ‘Masters of the Universe,’ with Griffin Newman! · 0:20:05 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

people (2)

  1. people (collaborator): Jack Fisk → Terrence Malick. Fisk production designed all of Malick's movies and was first-timer with Scorsese here.
    “Jack Fisk, who doesn't really work that much anymore, who's production designed, all of Terrence Malik's movies”
    The Big Picture · ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is Astounding · 1:03:34 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. people (people): Jack Fisk → Terrence Malick. Fisk, who plays in Eraserhead, worked with Malick, who was friends with a man Lynch showed footage to.
    “Obviously, Jack Fisk has worked with Terrence Malik.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Eraserhead (Ad-Free) · 0:51:09 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

unmapped (2)

  1. unmapped (feel): An Angel at My Table → Terrence Malick. The childhood section, with sparse dialogue and a baby's-eye first shot, recalls Malick.
    “Yes, in in a way that almost at moments recalls Terrence Malik.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · An Angel at My Table with Dana Stevens · 0:30:52 · Dana Stevens (0.70 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (feel): An Angel at My Table → Terrence Malick. The train-and-asylum moment is called a Malick-like glimpse of a child sensing something wrong in the world.
    “that's a really powerful, again, sort of Malikian moment, right?”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · An Angel at My Table with Dana Stevens · 0:45:30 · Dana Stevens (0.70 sure it was them)

verdict (2)

  1. verdict (verdict): Orson Welles → Terrence Malick. Welles beat Malick.
    “Wells beat Malik.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2025 March Madness Update 1 · 0:52:25 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. verdict (verdict): Martin Brest → Terrence Malick. Sweet 16 matchup; speakers hope Brest takes it though Malick is easier to talk about.
    “I think breast takes that.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · March Madness 2021 Recap - Round 2 · 0:06:46 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

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