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Opis:
The legend of Pocahontas and John Smith receives a luminous and
essential retelling by maverick filmmaker Terrence Malick. The facts of
Virginia's first white settlers, circa 1607, have been told for eons and
fortified by Disney's animated films: explorer Smith (Colin Farrell)
and the Native American princess (newcomer Q'orianka Kilcher) bond when
the two cultures meet, a flashpoint of curiosity and war lapping
interchangeably at the shores of the new continent. Malick, who took a
twenty year break between his second and third films (Days of Heaven and The Thin Red Line),
is a master of film poetry; the film washes over you, with minimal
dialogue (you see characters speak on camera for less than a quarter of
the film).
The rest of the words are a stream-of-consciousness
narration--a technique Malick has used before but never to such degree,
creating a movie you feel more than watch. The film's beauty (shot in
Virginia by Emmanuel Lubezki) and production design (by Jack Fisk) seems
very organic, and in fact, organic is a great label for the movie as a
whole, from the dreadful conditions of early Jamestown (it makes you
wonder why Englishman would want to live there) to the luminescent love
story. Malick is blessed with a cast that includes Wes Studi, August
Schellenberg, Christopher Plummer, and Christian Bale (who, curiously,
was also in the Disney production). Fourteen-year-old Kilcher, the soul
of the film, is an amazing find, and Farrell, so often tagged as the
next big thing, delivers his first exceptional performance since his
stunning debut in Tigerland. James Horner provides a fine score, but is overshadowed by a Mozart concerto and a recurring prelude from Wagner's Das Rheingold,
a scrumptious weaving of horns fit to fuel the gentle intoxication of
this film. Note: the film was initially 150 minutes, and then trimmed to
135 by Malick before the regular theatrical run. It was also the first
film shot in 65mm since Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet.
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