Editing Tree of life (section)

==In art and film==
Austrian [[Symbolism (movement)|symbolist]] artist [[Gustav Klimt]] portrayed his version of the tree of life in his painting, ''[[The Tree of Life, Stoclet Frieze]]''. This iconic painting later inspired the external facade of the "New Residence Hall" (also called the "Tree House"), a colorful 21-story student residence hall at [[Massachusetts College of Art and Design]] in [[Boston]], Massachusetts.<ref name=Masco>{{cite web|title=MassArt Residence Story: This is the house that collaboration built|url=http://www.masco.org/news/sp-house-collaboration-built|work=MASCO: Medical Academic and Scientific Community Organization|publisher=MASCO, Inc.|access-date=2013-12-24}}</ref>

[[Alex Proyas]]' 2009 film ''[[Knowing (film)|Knowing]]'' ends with the two young protagonists directed towards the tree of life.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://movies.tvguide.com/knowing/review/296881 | title=''Knowing'': Review | first=Cammila | last=Albertson | newspaper=[[TV Guide]] | publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] | year=2009 | access-date=30 September 2013 | archive-date=6 December 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131206122021/http://movies.tvguide.com/knowing/review/296881 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

The 2006 [[Darren Aronofsky]] film ''[[The Fountain (film)|The Fountain]]'' features the Judeo-Christian tree of life as a major plot element in its non-linear narrative. In [[Central America]] during the [[Age of Discovery]], it is the sought-after object of a Spanish [[conquistador]], who believes its gift of eternal life will free [[Spain]] and its queen from the tyranny of a [[Spanish Inquisition|religious inquisition]]. In the present day, a sample from what is implied to be the same tree of life is used by a medical researcher—who seeks a cure for his ailing wife—to develop a serum that reverses the biological aging process. In the distant future, a space traveler (implied to be the same man from the present) uses the last vestiges of a tree's bark (again, implied to be the same tree of life) to keep himself alive as he journeys to [[Xibalba]], a fictional dying star lying inside a nebula in the [[Orion (constellation)|constellation Orion]], which he believes will rejuvenate the tree—thereby granting him eternal life—when it explodes.<ref>{{cite web |title=Review: The Fountain |url=https://www.cinemablend.com/reviews/The-Fountain-1919.html |website=CinemaBlend |access-date=30 September 2020 |archive-date=19 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119042218/https://www.cinemablend.com/reviews/The-Fountain-1919.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

There are literal and thematic references to the tree in [[Terrence Malick]]'s free-flowing 2012 film ''[[The Tree of Life (film)|The Tree of Life]]'', including in the title.

The 2021 adventure film ''[[Jungle Cruise (film)|Jungle Cruise]]'' follows a boat captain ([[Dwayne Johnson]]) who takes a scientist ([[Emily Blunt]]) on a quest to find the Tree.<ref>{{cite magazine |url= https://variety.com/2021/film/box-office/jungle-cruise-box-office-disney-plus-1235032143/ |title= 'Jungle Cruise' Docks With $34 Million in Theaters, $30 Million on Disney Plus |date= August 1, 2021 |first= Rebecca |last= Rubin |magazine= Variety |access-date= August 1, 2021 |archive-date= August 1, 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210801154533/https://variety.com/2021/film/box-office/jungle-cruise-box-office-disney-plus-1235032143/ |url-status= live }}</ref>