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"The working method I described in my previous post is relevant to another question commonly asked about some of Malick’s films: To what extent are they autobiographical? There’s no question that there are close correspondences between The Tree of Life and Malick’s childhood in Waco, between To the Wonder and his experience in marriage, between Knight of Cups and his time spent as a screenwriter and script doctor in Hollywood. But even if those films began with straightforwardly autobiographi...