With this film's release in 2012 and The Tree of Life (2011) being released in 2011, this is the shortest time gap between movies for Director Terrence Malick, the gap being only a year. Malick is famous for waiting several years between projects. His shortest time gap between films previously was five years, between Badlands (1973) and Days of Heaven (1978). His longest was twenty years, between Days of Heaven (1978) and The Thin Red Line (1998).