# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Cinema Classics Seminar: DAYS OF HEAVEN (1978)
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 23 Jul, 2026 at 06:30 pm – Thu, 23 Jul, 2026 at 09:30 pm
- **Event Description**: Thursday, July 23, 2026, 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm  
Instructor: Alan Singer, Ph.D., Temple University (emeritus)

A film that reinvigorates the visual sense with every frame, Terrence Malick’s Days of Heaven (1978) is frequently read as a biblical allegory of sin and repentance set against the backdrop of an early 20th-century American pastoral. And yet the film completely undoes allegory as a moralizing device of fictional narrative and puts it in the service of a remarkable moral inventiveness, voiced by its adolescent narrator, Linda (the astonishing young actress Linda Manz). Though she narrates the events of a tragically knotted love triangle (Richard Gere, Brooke Adams, Sam Shepard), Malick forces the viewer to see through the pat tragedy to a more complex vision of human relationships. In Malick’s film, word and image are intertwined in a way that makes the cinematic experience feel like something compellingly new, intellectually and emotionally.  

Malick’s films, from Badlands to Tree of Life and beyond, are benchmarks of cinematic inventiveness. We will look at how the theme and structure of Days of Heaven—and especially Malick’s use of a wide screen format—stretch the framework for thinking about how movies endow us with a unique idiom for self-reflection within the long tradition of narrative story telling.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/bryn-mawr/cinema-classics-seminar-days-of-heaven-1978/200030192561230
- **Event Categories**: entertainment, workshops, music, art, theatre, storytelling
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 10

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Bryn Mawr
- **state**: PA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Bryn Mawr Film Institute
- **lat**: 40.021544857033
- **long**: -75.319098988988
- **full address**: Bryn Mawr Film Institute, 828 W Lancaster Ave, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010-3254, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Cinema Classics Seminar: DAYS OF HEAVEN (1978) being held?
  - **A:** Cinema Classics Seminar: DAYS OF HEAVEN (1978) takes place on Thu, 23 Jul, 2026 at 06:30 pm to Thu, 23 Jul, 2026 at 09:30 pm at Bryn Mawr Film Institute, 828 W Lancaster Ave, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010-3254, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Cinema Classics Seminar: DAYS OF HEAVEN (1978)?
  - **A:** Cinema Classics Seminar: DAYS OF HEAVEN (1978) is organized by Bryn Mawr Film Institute.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Cinema Classics Seminar: DAYS OF HEAVEN (1978) is ideal for curious learners, students, and skill-builders looking to gain hands-on knowledge and practical expertise in a focused, interactive setting. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Bryn Mawr, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Cinema Classics Seminar: DAYS OF HEAVEN (1978) sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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