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A Critical Companion to Terrence Malick Critical Companions to Contemporary Directors Series Editors: AdamBarkman andAntonio Sanna CriticalCompanionstoContemporaryDirectorscoversmanydirectorswhohavenotbeen studied previously in academic publications and whose works nonetheless are highly renowned nowadays. The intent of the series is to offer interesting and illuminating interpretationsofthevariousdirectors’filmsthatwillbeaccessibletobothscholarsofthe academic community and critically minded fans of the directors’ works. Each volume combinesdiscussionsofadirector’soeuvrefromabroadrangeofdisciplinesandmetho- dologies, thus offering the reader a variegated and compelling picture of the directors’ works.Inthissense,thevolumeswillbeofinterest(andwillbeinstructive)forstudents andscholarsengagedinsubjectsasdifferentasfilmstudies,literature,philosophy,popu- larculturestudies,religionandothers.Wewelcomeproposalsforbothmonographsand editedcollectionsthatofferinterdisciplinaryanalyses,focusingonthecompleteoeuvreof onecontemporarydirectorpervolume. TitlesintheSeries ACriticalCompaniontoTerrenceMalick,editedbyJoshuaSikora ACriticalCompaniontoStevenSpielberg,editedbyAdamBarkmanandAntonioSanna A Critical Companion to Terrence Malick Edited by Joshua Sikora LEXINGTONBOOKS Lanham•Boulder•NewYork• London PublishedbyLexingtonBooks AnimprintofTheRowman&LittlefieldPublishingGroup,Inc. 4501ForbesBoulevard,Suite200,Lanham,Maryland20706 www.rowman.com 6TinworthStreet,LondonSE115AL,UnitedKingdom Copyright©2020byTheRowman&LittlefieldPublishingGroup,Inc. Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybereproducedinanyformorbyany electronicormechanicalmeans,includinginformationstorageandretrievalsystems, withoutwrittenpermissionfromthepublisher,exceptbyareviewerwhomayquote passagesinareview. BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationInformationAvailable LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Name:Sikora,Joshua,1984–,editor. Title:AcriticalcompaniontoTerrenceMalick/editedbyJoshuaSikora. Description:Lanham:Rowman&Littlefield,[2021]|Includesbibliographicalreferences andindex.|Summary:“Thiscollectionpresentscomprehensive,uniquescholarly analysesofTerrenceMalick’sfilmsthroughthelensesofphilosophy,poetry,cinema, andtheology”—Providedbypublisher. Identifiers:LCCN2020035840(print)|LCCN2020035841(ebook)|ISBN 9781793608628(cloth;alk.paper)|ISBN9781793608635(ebook) Subjects:LCSH:Malick,Terrence,1943—Criticismandinterpretation. Classification:LCCPN1998.3.M3388C752021(print)|LCCPN1998.3.M3388(ebook) |DDC791.4302/33092—dc23 LCrecordavailableathttps://lccn.loc.gov/2020035840 LCebookrecordavailableathttps://lccn.loc.gov/2020035841 TMThepaperusedinthispublicationmeetstheminimumrequirementsofAmerican NationalStandardforInformationSciencesPermanenceofPaperforPrintedLibrary Materials,ANSI/NISOZ39.48-1992. Tomyteachers, JohnMark,Craig,Matt,Al,andPat, whoclearedapathandshowedthewayforward Contents Introduction ix PartOne:APathofPhilosophy 1 ThinkingofFilm:WhatIsCavellianaboutMalick’sMovies? 3 DavidLaRocca 2 HereandThere:Malick’sCinemaandMcGilchrist’s“Divided Brain” 21 AdamDaniel 3 TheBeautifulLight:TheSupernaturalistArgumentofTheThin RedLine 41 DavidJ.Gilbert PartTwo:APathofPoetry 4 SaturatedMeaning,PoeticPortrayal:Phenomenologyinthe FilmsofTerrenceMalick 61 KipRedick 5 HowCanaFilmBePoetic?:TheCaseofTheThinRedLine 81 TimothyE.G.Bartel 6 FractalReader-ResponseStructure:ANewNarrativeTheoryin theWorkofTerrenceMalick 95 JoshuaRussell PartThree:APathofCinema 7 AuteursandMovieBrats:PlacingMalick’sExtraordinary CareerinContext 121 DeanYamada vii viii Contents 8 TheSearchforTime:TerrenceMalickandAndreiTarkovskyin Dialogue 137 AnthonyParisi 9 TheJourneyHome:AUnityofMemoryandCosmologyin Cinema 155 JoshuaSikora PartFour:APathofFaith 10 DisputingHenrideLubac’sNatureandGraceandJob’sEnding: TheTreeofLifeasTheologicalDiscourse 177 NaamanWood 11 TheGiftsofDeath:VisionsofSacrificeintheWorldsof TerrenceMalick 199 VernonW.Cisney 12 AUniversalPriesthood:TheVocationofBeingHumaninDays ofHeavenandTotheWonder 217 MatthewAughtry PartFive:AWayForward 13 TheSmileofLife:RecollectionsonMalickandtheWorkof Cinema 237 RenoLauro Index 265 AbouttheContributors 269
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