Terrence Malick's film, Badlands, is a film dealing with "blurred boundaries." Malick's film is based on real life characters and true events that took place in 1958. I must say that throughout the movie, the two main characters, Holly and Kit, grew together yet apart at the same time. Both of them found themselves crossing boundaries and pushing them away. It is as if the child never seemed to grow out of them. However, in some ways, this is ironic since the more-adult role model in the film I find to be Holly. Strangely enough, she was a child needing to find her niche in the world. Kit, on the other-hand stayed basically the same only growing more obnoxious in my eyes. In a review, it is discussed that Malick's intentions throughout Badlands was not to get the viewer involved with the characters; I do not necessarily believe this. It is apparent to me that the viewer could and probably will get involved with or have feelings toward one or both characters of Badlan!
             Holly narrates the film, which offers no insight into the depths of Badlands. It simply gives insight into the story itself. In the beginning, there was structure and organization to Kit's and Holly's world. The film begins with Holly going to school and living with a strict father who sets down rules. Kit, on the other hand, had a job and was an independent person. He took a lot of pride in his occupation as a garbage collector. It is from this that the viewer is pulled into Kit's narrow-minded world. Life is happy (or seemingly so) at this time. As the plot changes, the characters changed, also. When Kit lost his job as garbage collector, Kit's and Holly's world fell apart. It is now that the viewer develops a dislike for Kit and sympathizes with Holly. Young, Holly was so disgustingly naive that I don't believe that anyone can help but feel sorry for her. She was concerned with events that...