Downtown Springfield Association
Essential Arthouse: Days of Heaven (1978)

Essential Arthouse: Days of Heaven (1978)

January, 18 2023 | 7:00 pm

305 South Campbell Avenue #101 Springfield, Missouri 65806
https://www.moxiecinema.com/films/days-of-heaven-1978-1


Essential Arthouse films are Free for Members

One-of-a-kind filmmaker-philosopher Terrence Malick has created some of the most visually arresting films of the twentieth century, and his glorious period tragedy Days of Heaven, featuring Oscar-winning cinematography by Nestor Almendros, stands out among them. In 1910, a Chicago steelworker (Richard Gere) accidentally kills his supervisor, and he, his girlfriend (Brooke Adams), and his little sister (Linda Manz) flee to the Texas panhandle, where they find work harvesting wheat in the fields of a stoic farmer (Sam Shepard). A love triangle, a swarm of locusts, a hellish fire—Malick captures it all with dreamlike authenticity, creating a timeless American idyll that is also a gritty evocation of turn-of-the-century labor. [Criterion]

Starring: Richard Gere, Brooke Adams, Sam Shepard
Director: Terrence Malick
Genre(s): Drama, Romance