Thursday, March 6, 2008

A Terrence Malick Moment

"This Great Evil -



Where's it come from?



How'd it steal into the world?



What seed - what root did it grow from?



Who's doing this?



Who's killing us?



Robbing us of life and light.



Mocking us with the sight of what we might have known.



Does our ruin benefit the earth?



Does it help the grass to grow? The sun to shine?



Is this darkness in you, too?



Have you passed through this night?"

The Thin Red Line (1998)

1 comment:

Lawyer said...

Great post, powerful stuff. I love the song playing during that scene..."Journey to the Line", from the Thin Red Line soundtrack (available on Itunes). Same music used in the last scene of the last episode of the first season of Carnivale (during the fire).