The Tree of Life (2011) Featurette with Christopher Nolan & David Fincher

Movie legends Christopher Nolan - Director of Inception and Dark Knight and David Fincher - Director of The Social Network and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo talk about Terrence Malick's wonderful style of filmmaking.

The Tree of Life opens wide this week, the story centers around a family with three boys in the 1950s. The eldest son witnesses the loss of innocence.

Brad Pitt, Sean Penn and Jessica Chastain star in this epic motion picture event.

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[BillBrolse]

One of the most perfect films I've ever seen.

[Redspy27]

@malows1234 Nolan does what hardly anyone else solidly can: he makes movies with immense depth that still sell like crazy. No I'm not a stupid fanboy, I study philosophy so I tend to think about things from time to time. Am I an authority on film? Hell no! Can I reasonably make a solid argumentation that Nolan isn't Hollywood like for example Bay? Hell yes! Nolan broke with memento and there was NOTHING hollywood about it. He doesn't like Hollywood, Hollywood likes him.

[thejhornerfactor]

@menano182 agree! not even close.

[PIPhilMarlowe]

@MrQuaker62 Cool story, bro.

[MrQuaker62]

The Emperor Has No Clothes. This movie really isn't all that good.

[saturnianmusic]

best cinematography ever. Refreshing ideas of movie industry!

Original music for The Tree of Life

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[malows1234]

@Redspy27 didn't spielberg or kubrick do that? make artsy films with huge depth while getting an almost massive box office? i mean Kubrick's clockwork orange was warn. bros. 2nd highest grossing film at that time, and mind you clockwork orange was rated nc17 and kubrick pulled it out of theaters before it had a long time. so nolan's not the only one.

[Jonmad17]

Why is Fincher considered higher brow than Nolan? Fincher is mostly known for his intensely genre-confined crime films, while Nolan is not only an accomplished directer who popularized the notion of taking action films seriously, he also writes all of his own stuff.

[theracoonofjake]

@mechaworks eh, i sort of see nolan as a younger fincher, maybe slightly ahead of the game for his age. if you think about it it matches up. se7en, memento. fight club, insomnia. i don't know. just give nolan another 10 years, he'll be rackin up the oscar nominations.

[theracoonofjake]

@malows1234 pretty sure he's talking more style, material, less rewards, benefits. his batmans are not fuckin tim burton's batmans. tim burton's were rad, don't get me wrong, but seriously, take a look at both of their batman's back to back and tell me that one didn't make memento and one didn't make edward scissorhands. am i right?

[malows1234]

@Redspy27 nolan doesn't like hollywood, yet a third comic book studio popcorn selling blockbuster being made by nolan. seems like he loves hollywood. particularly the juicy paycheck and space mansions warner brothers keeps giving him.