Terrence Malick, the person
behind the movie Tree of Life
and The Thin Red Line among
many others, is on the verge of releasing another exercise in experimental
filmmaking in Knight of Cups.
It’s been a long time coming, too, considering that production initially
wrapped in the closing stages of 2014, before Malick’s spiritual feature had
its worldwide premiere at last year’s Berlin Film Festival. Now, more than a
year late, Broad Green Pictures is bringing the feature to theaters in
little over two weeks’ time, and today’s new images give fans an early
opportunity to get acquainted with the key characters.
Orbiting around Christian Bale’s
depressed Hollywood screenwriter, Knight of Cups follows his character
of Rick on a existential search for meaning, crossing paths with
a stripper (Teresa Palmer), a model (Freida Pinto) and a married woman
(Natalie Portman). That’s not all, each of Rick’s encounters will underpin
one of the film’s eight chapters, and Malick has teased in the past that the
spiritual awakening takes cues from a 17th century religious parable, The
Pilgrim’s Progress.
Rick is a slave to the Hollywood system. He is addicted to success but
simultaneously despairs at the emptiness of his life. He is at home in a world
of illusions but seeks real life. Like the tarot card of the title, Rick is
easily bored and needs outside stimulation. But the Knight of Cups is also an
artist, a romantic and an adventurer. In Terrence Malick’s seventh film a
gliding camera once again accompanies a tormented hero on his search for
meaning. Once again a voiceover is laid over images which also seek their own
authenticity.
Broad Green Pictures will finally usher Knight of Cups into
theaters on March 4. Until then, you can gaze at the latest poster for
Malick’s latest below, which turns Christian Bale’s world upside down and
attaches it to a spiritual tarot card.
Cate Blanchett, Brian Dennehy,
Antonio Banderas, Wes Bentley, Isabel Lucas, Teresa Palmer, Cherry Jones, Armin
Mueller-Stahl, and Imogen Poots
complete the enviable ensemble.
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