Biography
Terrence Malik - American director-philosopher. Each Cynokartine created by the master turns into an epic cloth - there is a place of philosophy, social, political, cultural problems of society. Spectators from the first frames are immersed in an amazing universe director, opening new meanings and ideas in films.Childhood and youth
Malik was born on November 30, 1943. Parents - Christian Assyrians with Iranian roots. The father of the child worked in the oil company, occupying a high post. Material wealth in the family allowed Terrence to receive philosophical education at Harvard. In the youth, the young man wrote articles for popular American publications.
Personal life
Malik's first marriage took place in 1985. The wife of the director became Massell Mrette. The family union was not the only one - in 1998 a couple divorced. In the same year, the screenwriter concluded a second marriage with Alekland Wallace. There is little about the details of the personal life of the director, the photo director only appears on the network only from shooting sites and press conferences. The man leads the recovery lifestyle, does not communicate with the press.Films
In 1969, Malik became a student of the American Institute of Cinema. Here the guy first tried himself as director - took off the short film "Lanton Milz". The work received high marks, and soon Terrens created a scenario for the Mill Dead Tour Movie. As a scenario, he presented a few more films who received negative reviews from critics.
The first performance as a director in the full-length movie took place for Malika in 1973. The painting "Empty", the main roles in which Martin Shin and Sissi Sissek were fulfilled, is based on real events. In the center of the plot - the history of love guy and girls who became killers. Similar films shot in the style of Road Mugov were popular in America in the 60s. The young director makes a departure from traditional canons of such tapes.
Embed from getty imagesTerrens depicts heroes not romantic natures, looted by society, but under good and limited personalities. The picture caused interest in many viewers. In 1978, the films "Day of the harvest" comes to the screens, the main role in which Richard Gir is performed. According to the story, the hero Gear Bill accidentally kills a person and runs from the city. Along with him, Ebby's beloved and their native sister are departed. In a new place, the fugitive is satisfied with the harvest assembly.
To avoid rumors among the local, the guy represents Abby as a sister. Soon the rich farmer falls in love with the girl, which is what is incurable sick. Bill is not against marriage, counting on the fact that soon the farmer will die and leave Abby's inheritance. However, everything starts to go as planning fugitive. The painting received Oscar for the operator work, and Malik took the prize for the director in Cannes.
An interesting fact in the biography of the master was the fact that, while at the peak of Glory, Terrens unexpectedly leaves the film industry, begins in Paris the life of the rejection, does not communicate with journalists. This gives the media reason to compare the director with the American writer Sallinger, who, after the reversion of the novel, "Above the Pelia in Rya" also stopped communicating with the press and lived secluded.
In 1988, the producers were addressed to Malik with a proposal to make the screening of the novel "White Hotel". The director said that he intended to make a film on the novel by James Jones "Thin Red Line" instead. Producers arranged this option, after a year a draft script was ready. However, the final work on the scenario was completed only in a few years. Shots of a military drama began in 1997, gathering an excellent cast. The tape received 7 nominations for the Oscar premium.
The bright work of the director was the philosophical drama "Tree of Life", published in 2011. The film received many awards and positive feedback of film critics. In the tape, the author touched upon complex issues of human being, such as the death of a child, raising children, parental debt and others. Brand Pitt, Jessica Cheneeine and Sean Penn appeared.
Films "Knight Cups" and "Song for Song" filmography. If the first picture caused positive feedback, the second had more negative estimates. Critics argued that the director removes no dismountainless films, uses mediocre cinematic techniques.
Terrence Malik now
In 2019, the film "Secret Life" came out on the screens. The basis for the plot of the tape was the biography of Austrian, who was killed by the Nazis for refusing to serve in the Wehrmacht. The premiere of the tape took place in May 2019 in Cannes. Now the director is still a recovery, does not allow an interview.Filmography
- 1973 - "Empty"
- 1978 - "Days of the harvest"
- 1998 - "Thin Red Line"
- 2005 - "New Light"
- 2011 - "Tree of Life"
- 2012 - "To the miracle"
- 2015 - "Knight Cups"
- 2016 - "Travel Time"
- 2017 - "Song for the Song"
- 2019 - "Secret Life"