Badlands (1973)
Since Stanley Kubrick died, Terrence Malick has had no
rival when it comes to obsessive, visionary directors who take forever to make
a movie. You can catch most of his œuvre in "Three Films By
Terrence Malick" at ArtsEmerson: his first and perhaps best, Badlands
(1973;
May 20 @ 7 pm + May 21 @ 9 pm), the only crime-spree film to rival Bonnie
and Clyde; Days of Heaven (1978; May 20 @ 9 pm
+ May 21 @ 7 pm), perhaps the most visually beautiful American film ever; and The
New World (2005; May 21 @ 2 pm + May 22 @ 7 pm), which, well,
has lots of foliage.