Tuesday, July 6, 2010

At long last: "Tree of Life" reaches completion (well...maybe not) and obtains a rating

UPDATE: I think I need to stop making definitive posts about this movie, because within hours or a few days something comes up that throws it all into doubt. Case in point, this latest article at FirstShowing. One of these, this movie will see the light of day...one of these days...

Well it had to happen eventually: the much talked about, much delayed Tree of Life (it can be assumed) has at least completed an initial theatrical cut. Though there are no official confirmations from studio Apparition, the cast, or the reclusive Malick himself, the online community has been able to glean this thanks to Rope of Silicon's lastest MPAA Ratings Bulletin. Exciting news, because it means that, short of complete distributor chaos/implosion (it's been moved from Apparition to Cottonwood), the film will receive its intended late 2010 release and maybe even play at key festivals in Venice or Toronto, which would mean early reviews, which would mean actual information about the carefully guarded, ambitious film. Reset your clocks everyone; only another 15 years until the next Malick project nears completion. Although frankly, I'd have trouble completing a film too if all of my shots looked like this:

P.S. Is it legal to marry a picture?

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