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Days of HeavenOther

by Terrence Malick

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

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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 Days of Heaven.

2018-12-31·criterion.com ↗

Sloane Crosley
American essayist and novelist; author of the collections I Was Told There'd Be Cake (2008) and Look Alive Out There (2018), the novel Cult Classic (2022) and the memoir Grief Is for People (2024).
loved

Every man I’ve ever gotten close to has loved this movie to the point where I am less interested in a guy’s astrological sign than the degree of his obsession with Days of Heaven. So I was a little resistant to the whole Malick canon. Which is nonsense because this is the greatest film of a great director.

Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Sloane Crosley, the entry for Days of Heaven.

2018-05-25·criterion.com ↗

Jenni Olson
American essay filmmaker, archivist and LGBTQ film historian; co-founded PlanetOut.com, made The Joy of Life (2005) and The Royal Road (2015), both Sundance premieres, and received a Special Teddy Award at Berlin in 2021.
loved

Similarly, the best thing about Days of Heaven is the spectacularly quirky, poignant, complicated, and full-of-life narration by Linda (Linda Manz).

Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Jenni Olson, the entry for Days of Heaven.

2016-09-07·criterion.com ↗

Andrew Ahn
American film director and screenwriter of Spa Night (2016), Driveways (2019), Fire Island (2022) and The Wedding Banquet (2025).
loved

It achieves such a delicate and alluring balance; watching Days of Heaven feels less like watching a screen in a theater and more like looking out a window in this farmer’s home.

Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Andrew Ahn, the entry for Days of Heaven.

2016-08-19·criterion.com ↗

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