badlands

“My heart beats as much as I can breathe.”

“Americans are forever searching for love in forms it never takes, in places it can never be. It must have something to do with the vanished frontier.”

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film · badlands, the renowned film by terrence malick, follows the short-sighted and grasping journey of unlikely lovers through the backroads of midwest america. with the rising of the sun and waning of the moon, we're taken along for the ride as this irresponsible relationship inevitably deteriorates.

music · big log written and recorded by robert plant is perhaps a more sentimental take on our futile road romance.

words i · by marco polo. a film adaptation of the famous explorer’s adventures is referenced in our film.

paintings · although from an entirely different place and time, claude monet's haystacks capture the changeable landscape manipulated by light and time. they can also be spotted in our film.

words ii · kurt vonnegut in cat's cradle echoes our themes of futility and longing for things nonexistent.

photos · stephen shore's roads capture the forgotten and fleeting roads and landscapes of mid-century america.