Drama · Romance · Crime
American
1973 · Directed by Terrence Malick · 94 min
South Dakota, late 1950s. A teenage girl bored with small-town life falls for a charming older drifter who models himself on James Dean. Their road together turns violent, told in a dreamy, detached tone that is far from a standard crime thriller.
Why it matters in cinema history
A defining film of the New Hollywood generation and a landmark of the American lovers-on-the-run tradition, it brought a poetic, philosophical sensibility to the crime genre.
Watch with intention
Watch the gap between what the narrator says, in her fairy-tale, magazine-romance language, and what the images and actions actually show.
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