Several clips from The Tree of Life, with the hauntingly beautiful Lacrimosa in the background by Zbigniew Preisner. Behold true beauty in sound and vision.
The grieving mother asks God, "Who are we to you?" This whole sequence is God's answer: You are everything - time, space, the stars, creation, love, life. Stunning.
oh, i thought lacrimosa = tears is the film saying life is just meaningless pain. 🤷🏼♂️ in other words: malick and lubezki tried to covey here that its all up to us, becase he doesnt care.
God asks Great Dark Mother: - "Who are we to you?". This whole sequence is Mother's answer: - "You are everything: - time; space; the stars; creation; love; life; death". Stunning.
"The Tree Of Life" is one of the greatest, most beautiful, and most profound films ever made. It completely captures humanity's intense, complex, and emotional relationship with God.
Heaven was a cover-up We could've done much better Than blue weather Orange thumbs and A blood red I gather from The matrix of Hades and A little from the bride to be Like seas in the streets Say Shark On your mark Christ harkened a Wholesome orphan gone numb Almost quite that was what you heard of Coming from
+Camille Victoria Vega I'd like to rewatch the movie and sometimes I consider it, but given the sheer amount of melancholy and childhood memories...and also it's so loooooong
+Knight Brienne (Brienne of Tarth) yes, it isn't a film meant for multiple viewings. For me, it is sort of a visual poem through its imagery/cinematography. If that makes sense. Wish I experienced it in the theaters.
Terrence Malick gave us the key to interpret this movie right in the beginning. There are two paths: the path of Grace and the path of Nature. Clearly spiritual, this movie displayed the spiritual struggle of a mother searching for answers by asking God (this scene, visually and sonorically astounding), the earthly reaction of a more materialistic father to loss of his son, the indecision and struggle between good and evil in the oldest son. So deep yet so simple and clear. Incredible movie. Marvelous movie.
Nature is greedy in itself. Not being able to elevate itself above itself, it tries to survive in any possible way. Grace is divine, it comes to rescue those that ask for it. Only with Grace mankind is able to elevate itself to the divine, making it able to accept insults and injuries, making it possible to really love every man, everywhere. :)
isnt that was this film is about, not understanding. You can't expect to get any groundbreaking answers from it (why would terrance malick be a better man for that than anyone else). just appreciate the melancholy and probable hopelessness in human efforts to make sense of it all.
Ossian M its ambiguity is, ironically, essential to understanding it. it reflects the incompleteness of human understanding, but he's invoking, more or less, Kierkegaard and Heidegger. it's highly existential in nature. on another note, without confusing those who aren't familiar with Kierkegaard and Heidegger, put plainly (and perhaps uncharitably, since no one should summarize Tree of Life in this way), the film is mainly about two things: the birth of the universe, and its death; and, juxtaposed to that, the birth of a human, and perhaps implied, his death. I know, I know, this was already obvious. But, the film is also about how all humans are something divine, and how they will eventually return to something divine. This isn't religious in the sense of being Christian or Islamic, etc, but a monotheistic view is definite here. Whether you're a theist, or an atheist, his views are very plausible and even enlightening. I've been an atheist my entire life, but I've always thought there's a small chance that what we call god, may exist in some form, but not in the one that any religion comprehends. This is the type of God that Malick tries to show. In a nutshell, this is how I read Malick. If I remember correctly, the last shot of the film is a shot of a bridge. It's important, because the main character is an architect, but God classically is referred to as the divine architect. The divine attributes are shown to be in man as well. It's interesting, too, that the film begins with a quote from the Book of Job that solely refers to God as laying the foundations of the earth. Sounds architectural, does it not?
My kitten, a beautiful little boy, died a few weeks before I watched this movie with my husband, and the theme of loss in this piece made me feel so much less alone in my suffering.
Hope you're doing better. Though it may seem stupid to some (grieving an animal), those of us who know what these creatures can bring to your life will understand. I've lost my 15 years old cat a year ago, and it still hurts sometimes. She was there for me during a very difficult time of my life, I had quit school, had no job and no friends, I thought I was worthless. But the amount of love she gave me back made me think that, maybe, I wasn't that bad of a person. She alone kept me afloat, and I'll be forever grateful. Even though she lived a very good and fairly long life (so the pain is somewhat lessened), and I'm happy with where I am today, I still miss her.
I finally saw this film at I have never had such a visceral feeling from a film. It seemed almost like it was made for me as I was raised very catholic with a strict father and my younger brother was unfortunately killed when he was 21. I have struggled with how I look at religion and large existential questions most of my life and I have never seen them depicted in such a way, with such grace that I was forced to tears. I'm not sure I know anything more than before I saw it but I definitely have gained a sense of myself and my place amongst not only my fellow man but life in general in all its tragic beauty. I wish I could put it to words better but I'm no philosopher or writer. I'm sure others can put it better but it reminds me of when we were taught about the holy spirit, the piece of god within us and everyone and everything that is the thread between us all.
I actuality cried in the cinema watching this sequence in awe, never had a piece of film left such an impact on me, a message of emotion surged through me beyond words, time and space
Total agreement...you want to always capture everything in art...no other film than this has done it...to my knowledge...very important film...the relationships are just scathing...the love raw and stripped down... A damn wonderful piece of work...
I think that that is the juxtaposition Mallick was going for: Playing a lacrimosa (the tears of the mother at the funeral (the requiem)) at the creation or birth of everything.
This is one of those movies that you don’t really understand until you’ve had that moment in your life where everything comes into focus as confusing and trance like. Sorta like how when you say a word over and over and it gets weird. Its the feeling when you think about existence too much.
The Tree of Life is such a beautiful work of art. Every bit of music selected for the film only enhanced it. This song with the Universe sequences in theaters made it feel like a freaking spiritual experience.
In the dark. Laying down. Screen above my face. Music being pumped into my ears. Majesty coursing through me. This clip PUNCHED a tear out of my eye based purely on it's beauty!
This makes me so happy. Unique and astonishingly beautiful. I am in tears.... thank you for creating this representation of life and all of it's aspects. I am honored to experience the adventure that is life, as should we all be. Tears in my eyes for the ever so graceful beauty
Not gonna lie, I teared up quite a bit during the formation of the universe scene when this music reached its peak. It was just so beautiful and awe-inspiring.
Why do so many people hate this film? It's not pretentious, or even particularly difficult to understand. It all stems from the quote at the beginning and compares the way of grace with the way of nature.
+MadHatter My view on those people is that they can't understand what malick wanted to say (which is perfectly fine), but they also forbid themselves to make something for themselves out of it, which is a shame, because film is suppose to be subjective. This leaves them frustrated; caught alone between two fires.
The tearful melody that describes infinity but will never quite grasp it, the divinity of the universe that shows people its limits, the sound carried by angels whose sound reverberates in every soul...
Very moving, one of the most mystic and sacred music I've ever heard. Imagine the whole Preisner's record called "Requiem for my Friend" was a tribute for Krzysztof Kieslowski, the famous Polish director (The Three Colors Trilogy, The Decalogue)... Indeed, he had to be genuine friend if something like that was dedicated directly to him.
Looking at all the movies coming out with their special effects, I'm inclined to think the special effects animators took a deep sigh of relief when tasked to make this movie. So simple, and yet so profound
Is there a comparable piece of music, which has such a majesticity, elegance, strongness, beauty, deepness, epicness and timelessness? Please tell me :)
Dang, well there's a lot of other amazing pieces out there, but if you haven't heard Samuel Barber's "Agnus Dei" I'd give it a listen. I also second Gorecki’s Symphony No. 3, so beautiful.
Damn u cant konw how happy i am at this moment.. i listened to this version in an other video ,but it was deleted and since that time i was looking for it ♡
This movie made me feel insignificant yet magnificent. We are ephemeral yet eternal. We are mortals yet deities. We are nothing, yet we are the ALL. We are millions, yet we are ONE.
Steve Sunny It is about life... strangely enough it captures the essence from broad universal perspective right down to the most intimite and subtle workings of human mind, growing up, dealing with issues. It is more abstract movie, its most powerfull message for me was the resonance with what I was able to see in it... I can't describe it to you any better... =)
The awe and humility I feel when listening to this piece is hard to explain. An amazing piece with my favorite moment at 0:48 and when the horsehaed nebulae appears. OMG!!!
No tengo palabras para describirla, es simplemente una obra de arte bien elaborada, tan hermosa y serena, una voz bellisima. Lacrimossa, es una de mis pieza favoritas del gran Mozart.
It is incredibly poignant how, in the movie, we are placed into the life and workings of individual humans in their most complex form, and, all of a sudden, we are pulled out in thrown into the simplicity of original life and its beginnings.
When i feel confused or frustrated in life i come to this video and it somehow lets everything be calm and understood. even when it is not. That it what art was made to accomplish.
i want this piece to play at my funeral ... this movie make me crie alot ... never other movie had the same effect like this one ... was like finding parts of me that were hidden....
Does it really matter what is played at your funeral? Its kind of neurotic to be thinking of what people will think of you even when you are already dead.
I wonder what they used to get the effect of being in those images of the nebulae, gives a feeling of 3d and being in there with the stars going past :)
