Badlands announced the arrival of a major talent: Terrence Malick. His impressionistic take on the notorious Charles Starkweather killing spree of the late 1950s uses a serial-killer narrative as a springboard for an oblique teenage romance, lovingly and idiosyncratically enacted by Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek. The film introduced many of the elements that would earn Malick his passionate following: the enigmatic approach to narrative and character, the unusual use of voice-over, the juxtaposition of human violence with natural beauty, the poetic investigation of American dreams and nightmares. This debut has spawned countless imitations, but none have equalled its strange sublimity.

Product details

Director	Terrence Malick
Actor	Martin Sheen, Sissy Spacek, Warren Oates, Ramon Bieri
Label	Sony Pictures

Genre	Drama
Content	Blu-ray
Age rating	from age 15
Publication date	20.05.2019
Region code	B
Edition	Criterion Collection
Version	UK Version
Original title	Badlands
Year of production	1973
Audio	English (Dolby Digital)
Screen	16/9

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Drama

Customer reviews

Grandios

Written on 27. February 2010 by PhilippM.
This customer review refers to a alternative version.

Ein Meisterwerk
a slow massacre

Written on 13. October 2006 by ha!.
This customer review refers to a alternative version.

die starke bildqualität, ein langsamer, fast schon psychedelischer erzählfluss und die fantastischen schauspieler machen diesen film zum meisterwerk
What?

Written on 11. October 2005 by Mr.B.
This customer review refers to a alternative version.

Ich glaube mein vorredner hat hier zum falschen Film einen Kommentar geschrieben. Badlands ist naemlich absult empfehlenswert! Hier die fantasiewelt eines naiven und kindlichen liebespaares das nach und nach in mehr problemen abdriftet, meisterhaft dargestellt! Sicher eine Inspiration fuer "True Romance" und "Natural Born Killers". Genial!
Ring 2

Written on 28. August 2005 by Fido Bido.
This customer review refers to a alternative version.

MÜLL,MÜLL,MÜLL!!!
Wie kan man nur Fortsetzungen dieses Massstabs Filmen. An alle Dieser Film und die Produzenten sind schlichtweg MÜLL