There's something about Terrence Malick's "Badlands" that haunts you long after the end credits. The movie might be a neo-noir based on grizzly real-life murders, but the grittiness that marked the original genre (and many other films released in the '70s) is replaced with a simple, childlike worldview. How many other movies see their protagonists seek refuge in an elaborate, fantastical treehouse? How many killing sprees are fueled by puppy-dog love? For all its bloodshed and dark undertones, "Badlands" is remarkably light-hearted, largely because it's filtered through the eyes of a misguided, briefly passionate teen.
Surprisingly, the creation of "Badlands" was itself just as passionate — and impossible — as Kit (Martin Sheen) and Holly (Sissy Spacek)'s travels. While the film's protagonists left a trail of blood in their wake only for the young girl to lose interest in her beau, Malick described the process of creating the movie as "painful.
Surprisingly, the creation of "Badlands" was itself just as passionate — and impossible — as Kit (Martin Sheen) and Holly (Sissy Spacek)'s travels. While the film's protagonists left a trail of blood in their wake only for the young girl to lose interest in her beau, Malick described the process of creating the movie as "painful.
- 9/11/2022
- by Demetra Nikolakakis
- Slash Film
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