Saturday, March 5, 2016

(Re Malick) GOOD REVIEW: "Knight of Cups and the Spirituality of Sleaze" | Christianity Today

"... a real
sense, L.A. is ground zero for the "now and not yet"
tension of Paradise lost-but-longed-for. Fallen angels
abound, but the city still dreams. Everywhere there
are signs of the fall but vestiges of the garden. In
Knight, Malick pays special attention to the purifying
water of swimming pools and oceans, evoking the
baptismal motif so common in his films. We hear in
voiceover: "Once the soul was perfect and had wings
and could soar into heaven." We see costumed angels
at parties or in kitschy Romanesque angel statues
..."
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2016/march-web-only/knight-of-cups-and-spirituality-of-sleaze.html