Terrence Malick’s Upcoming Movie The Tree Of Life May Be Released By The End Of The Year

Now this is news that brings a BIG smile to my face, Indiewire writer Anne Thompson recently talked to some sources within distributor Apparition about Terrence Malick’s highly anticipated film The Tree Of Life, and what she’s reporting is music to my ears. She believes that the film will hit before December 31st. But before you get too excited you have to bare in mind that just a few days ago, Thompson’s colleague at Indiewire and New York Film Festival committee member Todd McCarthy said this:

”Finally, of course, came word that Malick was still not done and it now seems clear the picture will not be opening this year. I can’t prove it, of course, and he’s supposedly set to start shooting a new film in Oklahoma in October, but I’m convinced we won’t be seeing ‘The Tree of Life’ until, at the earliest, the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. Or perhaps it could turn up at the New York Film Festival a year from now.”

I really hope Anne Thompson’s sources are on the money, Malick is quite possibly my favourite director, his films are deeply philosophical, rich and exquisitely beautiful. Since his debut film Badlands in 1973, Malick has only made three other films (Days Of Heaven, The Thin Red Line and The New World). I’m supremely confident his fifth will be as amazing, if not more so than his previous work.

Thompson’s source also goes on to say that Brad Pitt’s and Jessica Chastain’s performances in the film are awards worthy and that; “It’s a mystical exploration of the meaning of life, a journey in which a microcosm of a family mirrors the world; the differences between man and woman, husband and wife, are mirrored against nature and grace. It will change the language of movies. It’s a real event. People will say ‘what the fuck is this?’” I’m as stoked as a goat!