Haven't even heard of New World, so I can't speak to it directly, but could we say the kind of beauty he conveys is particularly Christian in some way? Not sure what denomination Malick is, or what his opinions are, but in his more recent films you do get the Antonioni wandering existential thing (men playfully pursuing women, infinitely), plus some kind of grace that I would be inclined to attribute to his faith - but again, don't know much about him there.Well it's a very trite notion of beauty. That's what we are objecting to. It's a perfume advert aesthetic as silver dollars says. Its a glossy magazine.
Well Tarkovsky registers to me as simply being above Malick, as much as I like Malick and respect him.Never thought about Mallick's religion but Tarkovsky was a big old Christian who made beautiful films thst were good.