QTo what does the opening biblical passage refer?
AWhere were you when I laid the foundations of the earth?...when the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of god shouted for joy? Job 38:4,7In the biblical Book of Job, Job is a successful farmer who has suddenly descended into ruin because of the devil's interference. Job questions why? God says that there are so many things Job does not know about how this world was formed or how nature works, since Job wasn't there at the beginning. The gist is that, as mere humans, we cannot know a Creator's plan for the world.
QHow much sex, violence, and profanity are in this movie?
AFor detailed information about the amounts and types of (a) sex and nudity, (b) violence and gore, (c) profanity, (d) alcohol, drugs, and smoking, and (e) frightening and intense scenes in this movie, consult the IMDb Parents Guide for this movie. The Parents Guide for The Tree of Life can be found here.
QWhy is Mrs. O'Brien seen floating beneath a tree at one point?
AThis moment is very brief and passes without any form of explanation. It comes immediately after, and may be another part of, the scene with the airplane and her explanation that it was a graduation gift. Due to the abstract nature of the film's elements, this may simply symbolize her graceful, ethereal, forgiving nature, "floating" if it were, as if she appears or comes across this way to her sons.
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