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4. The Way of the Wind
The Way of the Wind is the new drama from Terrence Malick, a filmmaker who has always taken a painstaking approach to editing his films, with the process often lasting several years after shooting has wrapped.
But even for Malick's standards the prolonged post-production process on his biblical epic has been extreme, given that shooting wrapped all the way back in late 2019.
Cast member Mathieu Kassovitz even claimed that Malick shot roughly 3,000 hours of footage for the film, which chronicles several episodes in the life of Jesus Christ.
And while Malick evidently has his process, the fact that he's spent the better part of six years figuring this one out is hard not to worry about.
As of this past April, reports claimed that The Way of the Wind was still nowhere near finished, but on the flip side, Malick's prolonged approach has bore ripe fruit in the past, with The Thin Red Line, The Tree of Life, Voyage of Time, and A Hidden Life all spending several years in post before releasing to strong reviews.
Though six years is a lot even for Malick, considering the ambition of the project and the stupid-good cast - including Matthias Schoenaerts, Mark Rylance, and Ben Kingsley - it's best to trust the director to his eccentric process. You can't rush the man, and that's fine.