“A masterpiece … a powerfully written, superbly acted story that casts new light on [Malick’s] characteristic themes of nature and culture, thought and language, humanity and inhumanity, paradise lost and transcendence found.” —David Sterritt
Based on James Jones’ autobiographical novel about the World War II conflict in Guadalcanal, this meditative, free-associative war opus explores man’s combative relationship to nature. With Nick Nolte, Sean Penn, Jim Caviezel, and a host of other notable actors. 1998, 35mm, 171 minutes.