BBBB.5
(out of 5)
Every single frame in this gorgeous melodrama is dripping with beauty (it deservedly won an Oscar for its cinematography). Richard Gere and Brooke Adams, unmarried and pretending to be siblings when they are actually lovers, go to live as workers in the fields of Sam Shepard‘s sprawling Midwestern ranch with his little sister (Linda Manz). When Shepard takes a liking to Adams, thinking there is nothing standing in his way, he sets in motion a tragedy of Steinbeckian proportions. Terrence Malick’s second feature, literally one of the most attractive looking films of all time, is depressing and melancholy but fascinating in its rich subtext and visual splendor.
USA, 1978
Directed by Terrence Malick
Screenplay by Terrence Malick
Cinematography by Nestor Almendros
Produced by Bert Schneider, Harold Schneider
Music by Ennio Morricone
Production Design by Jack Fisk
Costume Design by Patricia Norris
Film Editing by Billy Weber
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