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The Tree of Life | Crafting an Existential Masterpiece

by Like Stories of Old

In this video essay, Tom van der Linden explores the tension between nature and grace in Terrence Malick’s 2011 film, Tree of Life, and the film’s central question—Why should we follow the way of grace if we still end up suffering?

 

 

The Tree of Life

Directed by

Terrence Malick
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