The Thin Red Line - The Criterion Collection (Blu-ray) Dave Brubeck we are exceptional

we are exceptional

But as his memories continually return to the past -to a life and a career deeply touched by the rise of Japanese militarism -a dark shadow begins to grow over his serenity

Miles Franklin Literary Award Winner

runs suggesting spaceships leading into helium-voiced choruses singing in a jingle-jangle

flowers or branches of a tree – the integration of nature into ceremony our method of signifying catharsis

The Thin Red Line - The Criterion Collection (Blu-ray) Dave Brubeck we are exceptionalAfter directing two of the most extraordinary movies of the 1970s, Badlands and Days of Heaven, American artist Terrence Malick disappeared from the film world for twenty years, only to resurface in 1998 with this visionary adaptation of James Joness 1962 novel about the World War II battle for Guadalcanal. A big budget, spectacularly mounted epic, The Thin Red Line is also one of the most deeply philosophical films ever released by a major Hollywood