To the Wonder
Ryan and Christian review Terrence Malick’s To the Wonder on the Director’s Chair Network.
Neil (Ben Affleck) meets Marina (Olga Kurylenko) in Paris and brings her and her daughter to Oklahoma. The relationship cools as she tries to settle into American life. Christian went in cold; Ryan notes the heavy narration, the poison-in-the-ground motif, and the twirling as a free-spirit marker. They discuss the dreamscape style, the later Malick run, and The Way of the Wind.
0:00 Intro, Christian’s plugs
3:43 To the Wonder starts
6:30 Plot summary
8:00 Olga Kurylenko
10:05 Narration note
14:48 Twirling
16:02 Brooding Ben
48:01 Dreamscape take
53:27 Hidden Life, Way of the Wind
56:59 Thin Red Line invite
58:00 William Friedkin next
1:00:03 Plugs
Neil (Ben Affleck) meets Marina (Olga Kurylenko) in Paris and brings her and her daughter to Oklahoma. The relationship cools as she tries to settle into American life. Christian went in cold; Ryan notes the heavy narration, the poison-in-the-ground motif, and the twirling as a free-spirit marker. They discuss the dreamscape style, the later Malick run, and The Way of the Wind.
0:00 Intro, Christian’s plugs
3:43 To the Wonder starts
6:30 Plot summary
8:00 Olga Kurylenko
10:05 Narration note
14:48 Twirling
16:02 Brooding Ben
48:01 Dreamscape take
53:27 Hidden Life, Way of the Wind
56:59 Thin Red Line invite
58:00 William Friedkin next
1:00:03 Plugs
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