Ross:
I don't know about Badlands (I haven't seen it in too long), but Days of Heaven has several aspects that suggest the influence of Heidegger
1. The limited dialogue, that lets the earth speak more than the characters.
2. The story is rich with mythical allusions; as James Monaco observed, there are echoes of the Wasteland myth and of greek tragedy, jtwo of Heidegger's favorites.
3. The duplicity of Gere and Adams, posing as brother and sister, giving way to the authentic feelings of love that develop in Adams for Shepard.
4. Malick is also grappling with fate vs. freedom, in the tragic sense of that clash.
Dan
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From: Ross Macleay [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
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Subject: Being-in-Badlands
Here's a challenge. Is anyone able to read any Heideggerian influence in, or
suggest a Heideggerian-theory-of-art take on, BADLANDS or DAYS OF HEAVEN? Or
PILLOW TALK (beyond the telephone's being-ready-at-hand and being
present-at-hand for DD's Dasein.)?
Ross
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