Penn in telling Terry shocker

Learn some manners, Sean Penn

Learn some manners, Sean Penn. The perennially grumpy actor, recently seen to advantage in The Tree of Life, has been giving out about that film's reclusive director, Terrence Malick.

“A clearer and more conventional narrative would have helped the film without, in my opinion, lessening its beauty and its impact,” he said. “Frankly, I’m still trying to figure out what I’m doing there and what I was supposed to add in that context. What’s more, Terry himself never managed to explain it to me clearly.” You won’t get invited back, Sean.

Donald Clarke

Donald Clarke

Donald Clarke, a contributor to The Irish Times, is Chief Film Correspondent and a regular columnist