In the latest film in Malick's late-career period of prolificacy, the director turns his attention to Hollywood.
At one point in Knight of Cups, the newest feature in Terrence Malick's period of newfound prolificacy, the voiceover of Christian Bale's Rick enters simply to say, "Ahh... life." It's this kind of philosophical posturing that turns people away from the latter portion of Malick's career, where he's only become more unapologetically himself as a filmmaker.