Screening - Badlands 1973
Director - Terrance Malik, its his first film that he created, contains a genre of crime drama. The types of films that this film consists of fall into the categories of crime, romance, lust, I feel like it shares the same theme to that of "Rebel Without a Cause" as we follow a couple as they are on the run from the law.
I found the way that the characters interacted throughout the piece to be of great interest, especially towards the end when the main female lead character has had enough of running away with kit, he asks her to come with him yet again but she replies "no, I don't want too", its the first time within the film that we see the little girl disagree with her other half. This then is shortly followed by a pursuit chase in which kit gives up, surrendering himself over to the police.
I almost feel like it follows the same theme to that of the american dream, especially once kit kills the father, she becomes very upset but quickly moves on with the love of her life as they both set out on a big killing spree in South Dakota badlands, in the 1950's a lot of people were killing time, the plot thickens like the cold blood that the James Deane lookalike lets loose whilst killing holly.
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