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The Genesis of Days of Heaven
- Cinema Journal
- University of Texas Press
- 42, Number 4, Summer 2003
- pp. 46-62
- 10.1353/cj.2003.0014
- Article
- Additional Information
This article suggests that Old Testament stories are the source of much of the plot of Terrence Malick's second film, Days of Heaven (1978); that a transcendent power intervenes in its events; and that Malick has therefore created a religious film.