A Clip of Jessica Chastain’s Audition Footage From THE TREE OF LIFE.
the TREE OF LIFE blu-ray is nigh, and though it’s tragically not coming to us via Criterion, the release won’t be entirely bereft of extras. in fact, The Playlist just posted this clip from the 30-minute supplement “Exploring The Tree of Life,” which this deceptively illuminating clip suggests might actually be a penetrating portrait of Terrence Malick’s methods and techniques, and not just a half-hour of actors talking about what an emotionally sensitive genius he is. i mean, sure, it’ll probably be 28 minutes of that, but those other two minutes might offer rare and unusual insight into the means by which Malick prepares the aesthetic and emotional undercurrents of his frames long before he works his alchemy in the editing room. i mean, the dude’s “audition footage” is more fetching than most finished films (and if it wasn’t actually shot by him, then Jessica Chastain has a DP friend who can forge directorial styles like Frank Abagnale Jr. can forge checks).
THE TREE OF LIFE hits dvd & blu-ray on October 11.
(via theecstatictruth)
