Terrence Malick's Knight of Cups (2015) - A City Symphony in Disguise

Taking inspiration from the 1921 short Manhatta, I have reframed Terrence Malick's Knight of Cups (2015) as a city-symphony film. I wanted to put cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki's stunning urban images at the forefront, detached from the film's meandering character-centric journey.
This video essay was originally published by Fandor Keyframe in April 2016.
You can read my Fandor Keyframe column on video essay form here: norbateman.co/the-video-essay-...

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Utterly ravishing!!!!

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Nuestra La Notte!

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Well done