WEEK 9

9. BADLANDS, dir. TERRENCE MALICK, 1973

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figuring out what to post this week, i felt like a sleuth following nowhere-yet-everywhere leads. i got it into my head that i wanted the film for this week to be the logical extension of the things i watched last week, and these parameters made me bounce around alot in figuring out what to choose.
after watching trouble in paradise, i wanted to go back further in time, and watch a silent film.
while mulling this over, i began to watch marnie, which made me abandon the silent idea and start thinking about posting a hitchcock film.
then i started watching sweeney todd, which i did not love, and thought of watching a musical i might find more interesting (like meet me in st. louis, which is constantly recommended to me and which i have yet to see).
then, last night, i re-watched the straight story, which made me change course once again, and think of watching either another david lynch film, something with harry dean stanton, or something with sissy spacek.
sissy spacek won out.
i have seen 1978's days of heaven, but not badlands. it's hard to find a sissy spacek related vehicle that i won't want to see, and if days of heaven is any indication, badlands will be visual insta-love.
here. it. is.