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<BODY bgcolor="#CCCC99"> <font size="2"><p>Movie Review <font size="4"><br>The Thin Red Line</font> <br>by David Ng</font> <font size=3 face="Book Antiqua,Century Schoolbook,Times New Roman"> <p><font size="6" color="#008000"><b>T</b></font>rying to summarize Terrence Malick's film <i>The Thin Red Line</i> would be as futile as summarizing a poem. You could describe its plot and action in infinite detail, but you would never capture its essence. The meaning of a poem, after all, resides in its rhyme, meter, and perspective. And until you examine these components, the poem won't unfold properly. In this respect, The Thin Red Line is closer to verse than to cinema. How it approaches its story -- its camera movement, editing, and sound -- is more important than the story itself. <p><a href="thinredline-nf.htm">Go to the review</a></font> </body>