The tree of life / written and directed by Terrence Malick ; produced by Sarah Green, Bill Pohlad, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Grant Hill ; Fox Searchlight Pictures and River Road Entertainment present.
Edition:
Director-approved Blu-ray special edition.
Publisher:
The Criterion Collection,
Copyright Date:
2018
Description:
2 videodiscs (139 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (43 pages : color illustrations ; 17 cm)
Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Jessica Chastain, Hunter McCracken. Originally produced as a motion picture in 2011. Wide screen (1.85:1). Special features: New extended version of the film featuring an additional fifty minutes of footage; Exploring "The tree of life," a 2011 documentary featuring collaborators and admirers of Malick's, including filmmakers David Fincher and Christopher Nolan; New interviews with actor Jessica Chastain and visual-effects supervisor Dan Glass; interview from 2011 with composer Alexandre Desplat about the film, and a new interview with music critic Alex Ross about Malick's approach to music; video essay from 2011 by critic Matt Zoller Seitz; trailer; essay by critic Kent Jones and a 2011 piece on the film by Critic Roger Ebert.
Summary:
The impressionistic story of a Midwestern family in the 1950s. The film follows the life journey of the eldest son, Jack, through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile a complicated relationship with his father. Jack finds himself a lost soul in the modern world, seeking answers to the origins and meaning of life while questioning the existence of faith.
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