A Second Look: Terrence Malick's 'The Thin Red Line'

The lyrical 1998 war film marked the reclusive filmmaker’s comeback. It’s out in a Criterion edition, but don’t look for a Malick commentary track.

It’s easy to see why Terrence Malick, more than just about any working American filmmaker, inspires a reverence bordering on the cultish. There’s the scarcity of output (four features in nearly four decades), the Pynchonesque reticence (no interviews and almost no public appearances) and above all the overwhelming nature of his films, which are defined by their sensory intensity and a sense of spiritual questing.

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