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The Tree of Life (2011)

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DirectorTerrence Malick
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Form & technique
  • The non-linear, associative editing style
  • The film's overall visual and narrative form
  • The use of pre-existing classical and sacred music
  • The "Creation of the Universe" sequence
Tropes
  • Jack's existential journey from childhood to adulthood
  • The film's distinctive free-roaming, subjective cinematography
  • The thematic dichotomy between the "Way of Nature" and the "Way of Grace"
  • The gendering of domestic and natural spaces