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I liked Badlands; and I own Days of Heaven on DVD -- and to be honest I have only watched The Thin Red Line twice: Once, each, in the theatre and my DVD copy. I almost got into an argument about The Thin Red Line back when it was released. My defense was how original an anti-war (WW2) movie it is. What do you mean boring? The raid on that bunker wasn't intense enough for you? I would proclaim Jim Caviezel (Private Witt) as the man-child soul of the movie. It is, arguably, his best performance to this day. But, again, no rush to rewatch The Thin Red Line unlike other war movies (or political war dramas) I own from various eras like Gallipoli and The Year of Living Dangerously, to Under Fire and Salvador, to The Big Red One (all from the 1980's) and, of course, Saving Private Ryan (which for some reason I don't own on DVD. Oddly, don't own Schindler's List, either) to William Wellman's (1949) Battleground. Special Mention for Andrzej Wajda and his Warsaw trilogy: A Generation, Kanal, and Ashes and Diamonds from 1955, 57, 58. I've thought about Tora, Tora, Tora, too, the star studded 1970 epic as a movie that should receive more credit. Directed by one American and one Japanese director to get both viewpoints I saw this multiple times on tv before cable and it was very special to see as an 8,9,10 year old ... but I haven't seen Tora, Tora, Tora as an adult. But, consider how different these war movies are made -- well done, but, relatively standard -- compared to The Thin Red Line. So, all this said, I am getting ready to watch The Thin Red Line, inspired by the video. I recall the people from the theatre back in '98, preparing to make bets to help pass the time: "George Clooney is not in this!" "I'm telling you he is in this ... I'll bet you ... I know we are 2 hours in but he is supposed to be in this ...!" About 45 minutes later: "oh no shit ... there he is ... this movie sucks ...!" Which is, certainly, not a reason to dislike a movie, but, if it felt like false advertising ... OK. I have also thought about watching The New World, again. I saw major chunks of it and the girl that played Pocahontas was amazing. Surprised to see very little of Q'orianka Kilcher after The New World. Saw her on The Alienist mini series with Dakota Fanning (late 19th century woman cop helping investigation child murders in NYC, the 1st season). Anyways, I'm not surprised so few comments (28) for Terrence Malick 3 months after this good video by Kyle Corwith. "The problem with Terry ..." "Over writing ... until it's terribly pretentious ..." Christopher Plummer (was in The New World).

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This does try to fix problems with the script. I call it an "expositionship." Rather than showing the two characters falling in love the writers lazily tell us via exposition that it went down in-between movies. This way they can lower her screen time for more action. My solution? Cut the Penny sub-plot entirely. She can be removed without impacting the story at all.

love it 😍

You hit me right in the nostalgia!

I preferred the reshoots, but then I watched the second version first (only one i knew existed). I think it works better.

thanks for this video, payback is one of my favourite ever films but i've never seen the directors cut... infact I'm struggling to think where I could watch it... I must find out

Real bad director's cut in this movie, lol. Strange, but facts. Theatrical version is a nearly-perfect noir.

Based on the Chicago Outlaws who originated in McCook, IL then moved to Chicago. They did ride a lot out into the country - suburban, Wisconsin and then later around the midwest and more. I think Comer did a great job with the accent.

Dude I love this movie!! First saw it on cable and the second or third time it was on cable as half of a double matinee on my day off with the modern version of Get Carter; I was in movie heaven! Had no idea there was a newer cut but I’m not sure if I’d want to see it. Maybe at some point…

My favorite film director all his films just take me to another realm. His work says so much about humanity like no other director . I wish to work with him one day .

Point Blank was better

Let me say this Mel Gibson would have been the perfect actor to play max payne(video game) when you look at this movie

Why the hell is everyone saying the theatrical cut is better? It has a lame ending and that blue color filter sucks. The theatrical cut is a lame ass Hollywood ending. I thought people liked ambiguous endings that are darker, not this lame crap

Everything he said that it wasnt, it absolutely is lol!

The Director’s Cut is the superior cut of the movie for me.

This needs to get 10's of thousands of views... great, comprehensive review!

What a great idea! More, please!

Yazz!! We love Spencer. He's talented. ..but at the same time.. i mean.. can Gladiator 2 match with it's predecessor? Dunno. *I like Paul Mescal btw. Just thought Spencer should have the role. Let's see where this sequel is heading. Perhaps the production knows what they're doing.*

In my opinion the director's cut is better, no question.

“Anyone who gets involved in a Terry film…they know that I may not be in the film or I might be the lead in the film.”

I can’t remember seeing a single directors cut that I thought was better than the theatrical release. Sometimes less is more.

Is babby upset that one film in a million doesn't feature patriarchal dominance? If you want that why not go and watch literally any other film rather than crying over the fact that this one is (allegedly) suppressing your (fragile) masculinity? Boo x

Can you see the original cut?

That why they ratings are so low

The most brilliant action movie I ever saw in my life 70 bandos up 💪🏽

I prefer the theatrical version better anyway.

Leftys love their woke trash

Song to Song is the film that made me want to explore his filmography.

Great video! Love the European castle setting idea. Great discussion

VANDALS CHICAGO FOREVER

This is one of my all time top three or four most impactful films of all time. Through the film the filmmaker strips away all the extraneous details of our experience one by one until at the end we're left with only the single critical feature of our very existence. It's sad that I find this to be one of the films hardly worth talking about, because it seems most people aren't impacted by this the way I am. I suppose we all have different backstories and values and perception.

I really love this movie

You better not tell Will that or you going to get slapped

They didn't have the budget for all extra family stuff.

Fighter even recreated this scene 0:38

Very nice review, Kyle. I appreciate yours. Your perspective and attention to detail shows your level of familiarity with the subject matter, your research and your life in the geographical area and with these types of "characters." Thanks very much. I'm subscribed.

11:12 I was very VERY impressed when I saw that the set designer or whomever got that pre-safety glass moment correct. Bennie punches the drivers side window of that pickup and it broke up into sheet glass. Which, pre-code, would really do lethal damage in an accident.

Had to dislike the video cause I couldn’t agree with this guy’s review. I thought the movie was absolutely great. Another modern classic

It should have been an awesome, high-quality miniseries. I honestly didn't get enough of the characters. I would have loved to hang out with them more

Maybe they shot in a different area because of the regulations about riding without the helmets? Idk

Agreed, the texture of film is far more cinematic to look at and instantly makes you remember why movies used to be these special events to get hyped about. The quality difference was really noticeable to me a few years back when suddenly watching A Quiet Place 2 and No Time to Die in close succession after watching so many endless, bland, digital movies that came out since it became the main shooting format around 2013 / 2014. So it definitely makes me appreciate how Jeff Nichols, Nolan, Shyamalan, Guadagnino, PTA and Eggers are making the effort to continue shooting with it. I totally get that digital can help save on budget and number of shoot days required (and for some studios is mandatory like with Netflix for example) but digital just has such a forgettable, throwaway look that makes you feel indifferent about whether you can make time for a movie or not. Then you have those people claiming that you can only notice the difference if you see it projected on film which is complete BS because if you watch any scene from any movie ever shot on 16mm or 35mm here on youtube (even 'The Bikeriders' or 'Challengers' from this year) or any camera test from some youtuber using these formats to make a comparison video, it's such a stark contrast with film obviously having that more classic / cinematic visual appeal, even if I still like some movies that were shot digitally (Hell or High Water, Arrival, Copshop, Green Book, Dragged Across Concrete) thanks to all the other filmmaking elements just working so well to help you look past it.

The tree thing is real, it was a community torture method in Japan for centuries. They’d sharpen bamboo and the grow through the victim.

Good on you! I'm just a wh*re when it comes to views...

Haven't watched anything Star Wars since TLJ not going to start again anytime soon.

Hahahah that’s right 😂

Both versions of Payback are overall pretty good, but this raises a more interesting question than which one is better. If you were to make a movie, release two versions with slight differences, and arbitrarily assigned one at random as the director's cut that represents your original vision before studio suits got a hold of it would "real movie fans" like us just accept it as superior regardless of quality?

Respect.

Good content.