A Masterpiece

Rating: 10/10 (2 September 1999)

The unique masterpiece had something to do with the silent movie classic The Big Parade (The walk in the woods) and some gems by the genius war movie director Lewis Milestone (human perspective of the soldiers.) I think Malick had made two of the best movies of the seventies : Badlands and Days of Heaven. The fact that there is 20 years between the last and this one made him some kind of a Jean Vigo American director. Like
Vigo, Malick is a true poet and a great artist, dealing with all that movies is all about: images. Malick did Thin Red Line like Malick's other movies. This is a pure wonder for the eyes and the soul. Acting direction is also amazing and so is the wonderful music. I will never forget the fear in the eyes of the Japanese soldiers in this movie. At last, I can't understand why some people can write that this movie is bad. Go see something from Hollywood. I prefer true American cinema and The Thin Red Line is absolutely the best US film of the 1990's.