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Actors: Martin Sheen, Sissy Spacek, Warren Oates, Ramon Bieri
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Badlands |
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BADLANDS is the first movie of Terrence Malick, written, produced and directed by the director of THE THIN RED LINE in 1973.
South Dakota, 1959. Martin -Kit Carruthers- Sheen, 25 years old, is a garbage collector who falls in love with Holly, a 15 years old young girl living alone with Warren Oates, her father, since her mother died when she was born. Oates is killed by Kit, and Kit and Holly disappear in the forest but are soon discovered by three vigilantes Kit murders in cold blood. Kit decide to drive through Montana State in order to reach Canada. While Kit is leaving more and more bloody clues behind them, Holly's love begins to fade.
Superb first movie.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Badlands |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Kind of romance:
- matchbreaker interference
Crime & Scandal
Yes
Story of
- criminals on the run
Road trip
Yes
Lover is...
- criminal/bad doer
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- blue collar
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
- deluded
- wild
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard wavey
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- red
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
Body type
- (woman) very skinny
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- a fight for survival
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Midwest
Forest?
Yes
Prairie?
Yes
Misc setting
- prison
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- very explicit references to deaths and torture
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references only
- kissing
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
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