Terrence Malick’s marvellous parable about a trio of Chicagoans trying to make a new life working on a Texan wheat farm during WWI is one of the most visually striking films of the 1970s. Cinematographer Néstor Almendros’ lighting combines with the work of Jack Fisk (Malick’s long-time art director) to create a world vividly reminiscent of the paintings of Andrew Wyeth, Edward Hopper et al.
Days of Heaven (1978)
Richard Gere plays a Chicagoan trying to make a new life in the country and finding that love gets in the way.
- 1978 USA
- Directed by
- Terrence Malick
- Produced by
- Bert Schneider, Harold Schneider
- Written by
- Terrence Malick
- Featuring
- Richard Gere, Brooke Adams, Sam Shepard
- Running time
- 94 minutes
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