Terrence Malick

American · 1943–

Reclusive American filmmaker whose transcendental visual poetry in The Tree of Life and The Thin Red Line meditates on nature, grace, and the meaning of existence.

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“I just wanted to make a film that gave you the experience of living, more than telling you a story.”

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“The world is charged with the grandeur of God.”

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Hopkins' poem, central to the film's vision