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"Badlands" was a product of early 1970s American Cinema when directors dared to challenge the Hollywood moralising ethic. That said, that is resolutely not a museum piece. It is simply one of the greatest movies, road or otherwise, I have ever seen. Sissy Spacek and especially Martin Sheen given the performances of their careers. So much is conveyed by the dialogue, sparse though it may be. Every sentence Sheen utters is at once profound, inconsequential, natural and stylised but, above all, engrossing. The film is beautifully shot and the DVD transfer does justice to the cinematography, givingmore… a sense of the scale of the landscape through which Kit and Holly drive on the run. Sissy Spacek's voice over gives the story a perspective in the way that the commentary in Y Tu Mama Tambien was to do nearly 30 years later.However, the film's greatest achievement is the soundtrack. The predominance of Carl Orff and Eric Satie seems initally at odds with the setting and subject matter of the film but it complements the uniqueness of Malick's approach and amplifies the visual beauty of the film. And when Kit and Holly dance to Nat King Cole's "The Dream Has Ended", the transience of the young lovers' freedom is all too palpable. This is a film to return to again and again.

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Movies > Films

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DVD

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Retail

Language:

English

Region:

R1

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Title:

Badlands (1973) R1 Retail DVD

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Front

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3240 x 2175 px

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