337 – To the Wonder

This Had Oscar Buzz

Joe and Chris

Tv & Film

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2025

⏱️ 121 minutes

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Summary

With the whispers and rumors that Terrence Malick’s Jesus film The Way of the Wind maybe possibly perhaps who knows could finally premiere this year after filming in 2019, we thought it was time to discuss his work. One year after The Tree of Life earned Oscar nominations and the Palme d’Or, Malick had perhaps his fastest turnaround with To The Wonder. A semi-autobiographical tale of a cross-continental love affair souring once it reaches America, the film starred Ben Affleck, Olga Kurylenko and Rachel McAdams as the onscreen love triangle. But once the film premiered at the Venice Film Festival, it earned some of Malick’s harshest notices to date.

This episode, we discuss the mixed reception around Malick’s post-Tree of Life work and our own divided thoughts on the film. We also discuss the several famous names left on Malick’s cutting room floor, Javier Bardem’s performance as the town priest, and Rachel McAdams joins our Six Timers Club.

Topics also include Roger Ebert’s final review, Kurylenko as an action star, and “to the wonder, to the walls.”

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0:00.0	Oh, wrong house.
0:12.8	No, the right house.
0:13.6	I didn't get that.
0:14.8	We want to talk to Marilyn Hack.
0:15.8	Maryland Hacks and French. I'm from Canada
0:26.6	I'm from Canada water
0:27.6	Dick Poop Speak with me
0:46.3	Love is not only a feeling
0:48.3	Love is a duty
0:51.3	To commit yourself is to run the risk of failure,
0:57.0	the risk of betrayal,
0:59.9	but the man who makes a mistake can repent.
1:07.5	You fear your love has died.
1:09.9	He perhaps is waiting to be transformed into something higher.
1:13.7	Hello and welcome to the This Had Oscar Buzz podcast, the only podcast taking the four-hour trek to Belfry to teach Marseley and Hugo educational law.
1:22.4	Every week on This Had Oscar Buzz, we'll be talking about a different movie that once upon the time had Lofty Academy Award aspirations, but for some reason or another, it all went wrong. The Oscar hopes died, and we're
1:33.6	here to perform the autopsy. I am your host, Chris Fyle, and I'm here, as always, with the
1:39.3	mother-father who always wrestles inside me, Joe Reed. Hello, Chris.
1:45.6	I whisper because my thoughts are so profound.
1:50.4	I don't know French.
1:52.1	I can't even remember the word for hello in French.
1:55.4	Bonjour, Chris.
	...

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