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Terrence Malick’s film “Days of Heaven” tells the story of a poor laborer who flees to the Texas Panhandle after an accidental murder. The 1978 picture will be screened at UCLA’s James Bridges Theater on Monday. (Paramount Pictures)

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Out of Focus: Brilliance of &#039;Days of Heaven&#039; lies in filmmaker&#039;s reliance on visuals - Daily Bruin

Out of Focus: Brilliance of &#8216;Days of Heaven&#8217; lies in filmmaker&#8217;s reliance on visuals

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The golden hour in filmmaking is a brief and fleeting time of day directly before sunrise and after sunset when the sky is painted in lush yellows and warm reds.

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Out of Focus: Brilliance of ‘Days of Heaven’ lies in filmmaker’s reliance on visuals

By Ian Colvin

June 2, 2014 12:34 a.m.