Synopsis
“One-of-a-kind filmmaker-philosopher
Terrence Malick has created some of the most visually arresting films of the last century, and his glorious period tragedy
Days of Heaven, featuring Oscar-winning cinematography by
Nestor Almendros, stands out among them. In the mid-1910s, a Chicago steelworker (
Richard Gere) accidentally kills his supervisor and flees with his girlfriend (
Brooke Adams) and his little sister (
Linda Manz) to the Texas panhandle, where they find work harvesting wheat in the fields of a stoic farmer (
Sam Shepard). A love triangle, a swarm of locusts, a hellish fire – Malick captures it all with dreamlike authenticity, creating a timeless American idyll that is also a gritty evocation of turn-of-the-century labour.” – Janus Films
