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Talking to God, under Terrence Malick’s Tree of Life
| dc.contributor.author | Mancelos, João de | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-07-11T10:23:04Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-07-11T10:23:04Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2013 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Terrence Malick’s Tree of Life (2011) constitutes an exception in a market flooded with commercial cinematic productions. Its experimental nature is best revealed by non-linear narrative, breathtaking images of the origins of the universe, and a creative approach to an old theme: what is the meaning of life? When middle-aged architect Jack O’Brien sees a tree being planted in front of a building, he meditates upon his childhood and adolescence, in Waco, Texas, during the fifties. Several aspects of his social and family life, such as the relationship with a strict father, representing “nature”, and a gentle mother, symbolizing “grace”; his experiments with sexuality and violence; his father’s struggle to overcome failure; his mother’s anguish in face of the loss of a child. This journey from innocence to childhood prompts several questions regarding the meaning of life, the relevance of faith and forgiveness. In this paper, I reflect on the central symbol of the movie, the “tree of life”, analyzing its cinematic representation; its symbolic, oneiric and religious meanings; and how it congregates the fragments of the narrative and its protagonists. For that purpose, I resort to mythology, anthropology and religion. | pt_PT |
| dc.identifier.citation | Mancelos, João de. “Talking to God, under Terrence Malick’s Tree of Life”. Atas do II Encontro Anual da AIM. Org. Tiago Baptista, e Adriana Martins. Lisboa: Associação de Investigadores da Imagem em Movimento, 2013. 320-328. ISBN: 978-989-98215-0-7. | pt_PT |
| dc.identifier.isbn | 978-989-98215-0-7 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.6/4249 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | pt_PT |
| dc.peerreviewed | no | pt_PT |
| dc.publisher | Associação de Investigadores da Imagem em Movimento | pt_PT |
| dc.relation.publisherversion | http://aim.org.pt/atas/Atas-IIEncontroAnualAIM.pdf | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | The Tree of Life | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Faith | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Symbol | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Experimental cinema | pt_PT |
| dc.title | Talking to God, under Terrence Malick’s Tree of Life | pt_PT |
| dc.type | journal article | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| oaire.citation.conferencePlace | Lisboa | pt_PT |
| oaire.citation.endPage | 328 | pt_PT |
| oaire.citation.issue | 1 | pt_PT |
| oaire.citation.startPage | 320 | pt_PT |
| oaire.citation.title | Atas do II Encontro Anual da AIM | pt_PT |
| person.familyName | Mancelos | |
| person.givenName | João de | |
| person.identifier.ciencia-id | 4311-5CF6-585A | |
| person.identifier.orcid | 0000-0001-5867-9376 | |
| rcaap.rights | openAccess | pt_PT |
| rcaap.type | article | pt_PT |
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