What exactly did the Duke’s music symbolize to Russell’s shifty characters, two upwardly mobile lowlifes more anxious to fleece the world than fall in love?
Christian Bale
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I admire director Terrence Malick for continuing to jettison staid storytelling for the sake of exploring his dense moral vision.
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