“The Antichrist is clever. He uses a man’s virtues to mislead him.”
Terrence Malick, A Hidden Life
A Hidden Life is a masterful film. Whatever you think of Ross Douthat’s “decadence thesis” that most American culture is sclerotic, bored, and repetitive, A Hidden Life is an exceptional film about an exceptional person. Malick uses the singularity of cinema…
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