I've seen the film three times and I always get confused about the houses. Neil and Marina seem to live, at different times throughout the movie, in two different houses and neighborhoods. Did I miss something? Or is this Malick playing loose with continuity? (I'm not counting the last house we see at the end of the film).
Anybody knows?
I'm under the impression that he rents different houses while ultimately building his own. I think it's supposed to be thematic about the sort of transient way Neil lives his life before finally settling down.
shareInteresting. Hadn't noticed he rented houses.
shareI had the same question. Probably whatever filler material explained the transition between houses was cut and Malick just figured we'd figure it out.
shareWell, it's not explicitly said he's "renting" but it's the only way I could explain why he'd move from house to house within a few years. Even if you were to buy a house and continue to sell and trade up, you'd at least maintain the home for 3 years to do renovations to increase property value, or something.
sharetheres a scene somewhere in the middle of the film that shows Neil walking through a house that is in the process of being built. so he might be building a house and in the meantime renting a few different ones. but it might also just be malick not bothering too much with continuity. if you look closely in the tree of life that family lives in 3 different houses, theres one real blatantly main one and then another two used for interiors, you would only notice that though after a few viewings.
share...Or is this Malick playing loose with continuity?Hmmm. I didn't see a conventional "narrative" at all; in what I saw the whole concept of "continuity" is irrelevant.