Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick (2002)
Rosy-Fingered Dawn is a film on Terrence Malick. It is about the making of BADLANDS, DAYS OF HEAVEN, THE THIN RED LINE and the personal involvement of some of the most representative figures of the American culture itself. This medley of voices has given origin to a journey throughout the whole United States, from California to Colorado, from Virginia to Minnesota, passing by New York and Los Angeles. Every stop represents an ideal set in which all the characters of the films come to life once again giving place to a growing flow of memories. The narrative dimension of Malick's cinema resounds and opens a new horizon on the visible contradictions of the American culture; no easy judgement but a critical consciousness is what emerges from this coral speech, together with a definite need: the necessity of art. A need that Terrence Malick was able to satisfy.
Directors: Luciano Barcaroli, Carlo Shalom Hintermann, Gerardo Panichi, Daniele Villa.
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Penelope Allen as Self |
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Sergei Bodrov as Self |
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Jim Caviezel as Self |
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Ben Chaplin as Self |
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Bob Codyk as Self |
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Jack Fisk as Self |
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Ken Hilton as Self |
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Elias Koteas as Self |
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Stevan Larner as Self |
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Ann Lopkoff as Self |
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Terrence Malick as Self (archive footage) |
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Ennio Morricone as Self |
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Arthur Penn as Self |
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Sean Penn as Self |
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Edward R. Pressman as Self |
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John Savage as Self |
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Martin Sheen as Self |
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Sam Shepard as Self |
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Sissy Spacek as Self |
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George Aliceson Tipton as Self |
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John Turturro as Self |
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Billy Weber as Self |
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Haskell Wexler as Self |
| Directing | Luciano Barcaroli | Director |
| Writing | Luciano Barcaroli | Writer |
| Directing | Carlo Shalom Hintermann | Director |
| Writing | Carlo Shalom Hintermann | Writer |
| Directing | Gerardo Panichi | Director |
| Directing | Daniele Villa | Director |
| Writing | Daniele Villa | Writer |
| Production | Samantha Gaetani | Producer |
| Production | Patrizia Tallarico | Executive Producer |
| Production | Alessandro Tonnini | Executive Producer |
| Production | Alessandro Verdecchi | Producer |
| Editing | Gianni Russo | Editor |
| Camera | Carlo Shalom Hintermann | Director of Photography |
| Production | Alec Schulmann | Unit Production Manager |
| Sound | Edoardo Cianfanelli | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Mario Salvucci | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Paolo Segat | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Writing | Gerardo Panichi | Writer |