A film titled The Better Angels is making its way to Sundance and it’s making headlines because it’s produced by Terence Malick. Written and directed by A.J. Edwards and starring Jason Clarke, Diane Kruger and Brit Marling, the film focuses on the story of Abraham Lincoln’s childhood in the harsh wilderness of Indiana and the hardships that shaped him, the tragedy that marked him forever and the two women who guided him to immortality. Braydon Denney plays young Lincoln.
Today The Playlist premiered a second clip from the film featuring Denney as Lincoln, doing a little plowing in the fields before he stops to read a little before his father tells him to get back to work.
Presented in black-and-white the clip features some great camerawork from Matthew J. Lloyd who’s coming up a little in the business after recently working on the video for Justin Timberlake’s “TKO” and serving as DP on Welcome to Yesterday and the first two episodes of the upcoming “Fargo” television series. However, you move from that camerawork to some seriously jarring edits from first time editor Alex Milan. I don’t know if the editing was done to pick up the pace of the scene or if it’s been edited down for the Internet, but it just played a little odd to me.
Have a look at the clip below and I’ve added some stills from the film below that.
