Then came the paradoxical curse of good fortune. Charles Bluhdorn, the president of Paramount’s parent company, was so impressed with Malick that he put him on the payroll so that Malick could ...

In 1978, Terrence Malick was considered one of the brightest new talents in Hollywood. His second film Days of Heaven was an unalloyed masterpiece follow-up to his brilliant 1973 debut Badlands.