When you are with Terrence Malick, abandon your popcorn and prepare to see deeper.
Characters in the movie are balancing on the thin line between reality and illusion. "Her rich inner world", they say - however, so often it's a masking cover for an unseen desert, scorched earth, such as Marina carries inside. She is dancing yet inward she is struggling to breathe, let alone to speak out. She cannot give love to Neil or her own daughter because there's nothing left to give. She sincerely is trying, but once her soul was ripped out, perhaps a long time ago, it will not be reborn from nothing and it can't be helped. Same with padre - burned from the inside, nothing's left. Ghosts rather than people.
And maybe - just maybe - we could make an effort that our loved ones never become ghosts like that. Rise to the wonder with them in every little thing we do, celebrate each moment of true emotion. Be humans.
Characters in the movie are balancing on the thin line between reality and illusion. "Her rich inner world", they say - however, so often it's a masking cover for an unseen desert, scorched earth, such as Marina carries inside. She is dancing yet inward she is struggling to breathe, let alone to speak out. She cannot give love to Neil or her own daughter because there's nothing left to give. She sincerely is trying, but once her soul was ripped out, perhaps a long time ago, it will not be reborn from nothing and it can't be helped. Same with padre - burned from the inside, nothing's left. Ghosts rather than people.
And maybe - just maybe - we could make an effort that our loved ones never become ghosts like that. Rise to the wonder with them in every little thing we do, celebrate each moment of true emotion. Be humans.
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