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by Terrence Malick

Who uses, recommends or left Badlands, in their own words: each a verbatim quote with a link to where it was said.

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Carrie Coon
American actress of stage and screen, known for The Leftovers, Fargo, The Gilded Age and the third season of The White Lotus (2025), and for Gone Girl (2014) on film.
loved

Badlands is an example of how that can be used powerfully when it’s well-written, has a very specific point of view, and is impeccably performed. Sissy Spacek is so disarming in this, and her narration is pitch-perfect.

Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Carrie Coon, the entry for Badlands.

2020-12-02·criterion.com ↗

Karim Aïnouz
Brazilian filmmaker and visual artist; directed Madame Satã (2002), The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão (2019), which won Un Certain Regard at Cannes, and Firebrand (2023).
loved

Badlands is one of those movies that you wish you had made yourself.

Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Karim Aïnouz, the entry for Badlands.

2020-01-14·criterion.com ↗

Paweł Pawlikowski
Polish filmmaker; Ida (2013) won the Academy Award for Best International Feature, and he won Best Director at Cannes for Cold War (2018) and for Fatherland (2026).
loved

I got seriously hooked on Taxi Driver, Badlands, Days of Heaven.

Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Paweł Pawlikowski, the entry for Badlands.

2018-12-31·criterion.com ↗

Will Oldham
American singer-songwriter and actor who records mostly as Bonnie "Prince" Billy, a name he took in 1998 after recording as Palace from 1993 to 1997; acted in Matewan (1987) and Old Joy (2006).
loved

Badlands is as close to a perfect movie as I can think of (though I don’t hold perfection as the most desirable of qualities in anything), one that holds something to draw in almost any audience.

Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Will Oldham, the entry for Badlands.

2014-09-30·criterion.com ↗

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