Explosions In The Sky – “Postcard From 1952″

Explosions In The Sky – “Postcard From 1952″ (Dir. Peter Simonite & Annie Gunn) 

There’s a simple concept to this one: A bunch of ancient archival photos recreated and turned into moving images. But with Simonite, Terrence Mallick’s cinematographer for The Tree Of Life, co-directing, it plays like a dizzily beautiful slow-motion seven-minute statement about the magic of life itself. I don’t know if I would’ve felt this way before becoming a father, but I can’t really watch those shots of the kid taking his first few tentative steps without wanting to cry.