Martin Sheen gets the money quote in a fascinating new oral history of Terrence Malick's debut feature, Badlands: "[Assoc. producer] Lou Stroller made some comment about Mrs. Malick, and Terry was not having it, and beat the hell out of him. In true Texas style -- he was so Texas. Didn't even hesitate, just started swinging. They were down like two buffalo -- they were big guys -- and they were on the ground, rolling around, and Terry just whupped him. Oh, I acted outraged -- 'What a breakdown of discipline, this fighting on the set!' -- but I couldn't have been prouder of him. Can you imagine? If more directors would beat up their producers, we'd have a lot more artistic freedom." [GQ]