6. TO THE WONDER
We’re stuck in the middle. The starry skies above us, the barren earth beneath. Raise one arm to sense the divine, lower the other to feel the ground’s emptiness. Make yourself a channel of love and submit to its will.
2012’s is Malick’s greatest celebration of bodily movement. The ballet-trained Olga Kurylenko lends a weightless quality to Marina, her persona comes close to realising the Whirling Dervish ideal., Malick revisits the age-old tale of feminine innocents confronted by destructive masculinity in the present day.
