In the decade since, The Tree of Life has been inducted into the (spine #777) and consistently ranks in Sight & Sound ’s greatest films of all time polls (2022: #24). It has influenced directors from Alejandro G. Iñárritu ( The Revenant ) to Apichatpong Weerasethakul ( Cemetery of Splendor ) to Chloé Zhao ( Nomadland ).
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Upon release at Cannes 2011, The Tree of Life won the . Critics were sharply divided: some called it pretentious, others a masterpiece. Roger Ebert gave it four stars and wrote: “It is a film of vast ambition and deep humility, attempting to no less than to find a place for humanity in the universe.” In the decade since, The Tree of Life
However, Malick pushes further: The Tree of Life rejects the primacy of dialogue (much is whispered, indirect), abandons establishing shots in the classical sense, and instead builds meaning through , camera movement (fluid, often floating or sweeping) , and natural light (shot largely by Emmanuel Lubezki, ASC). More likely, it’s a – a reminder that