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Title: Malick's masterpiece
Review: Nothing can compare to seeing this film in a theater, but if the DVD looks anything like the excellent laser disc version, it is well worth owning. Visually stunning, philosophically brilliant, Malick crafted one of the true masterpieces (and one of the last) of the (in my opinion) greatest, most fecund period in film history, the seventies. He even achieves the impossible, getting an emotionally effective performance from Richard Gere, using the actor's natural lack of expression as a believable character trait, as well as an aesthetic device, rather than what it usually comes off as, contempt for the audience. Linda Manz is brilliant; unfortunately, she seems to have dropped off the face of the earth, resurfacing only for minor parts in detritus like "Gummo."
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