Review by Astratto Pro. He leaves us enough to identify patterns and make connections, but the minutia and particulars are left…. it's only Shane Carruth's 2nd film and what he accomplishes is pretty astounding. Trying to find answers in this film's fractal and elliptical narrative is futile and not the point to begin with. First thing going in to this movie is to…, Shane Carruth when asked, what Upstream Color meant, reluctantly said that he does not prefer for it to have any single, specific interpretation. Some of that comes from Malick, obviously, but Carruth's plot here is thicker and denser than any Malick plot and less spiritual, despite its magical or surreal elements. I would like to share with you a Tinder™ convo I had while watching Upstream Color: You have matched with Lexi Keep swiping √Message. It is also a far more emotionally engaging story compared to the sterile coldness of his time travel darling. This is a film with a love story at its core, and like Primer, the science fiction elements are secondary to the exploration of the character's relationship. Not only Upstream Color, but any abstract form of art deserves to be open to various interpretations, providing fodder for the brains of those who experience it and satisfaction that what they believe is the truth and that it was…, Second look allowed me to turn off the decoder ring and just revel in the film's associative majesty. Being a great filmmaker provides no excuse for being a terrible person, and that’s the real reason nobody wants to make movies with him anymore, not because he’s some unparalleled genius. We are meant to believe in a healing power of love here, of connection, of recovery and rebuilding life after it falls apart, but what we are given is a different kind of…. TMDb I’ve always gotten so frustrated with movies that deliberately evade any attempt to decipher a logical plot. IMDb This statement, I comprehended to be his way of indirectly saying that if he were to spell out what it actually meant then it would take all the sheen, mesmerising beauty and the enigma of the film away. You’re not the same person once the film has finished, If you like (American film) watch (foreign film), if you like (popular not-Russian movie) watch…, Disturbing, Controversial, Shocking, Bizarre and Messed Up Films. ButterflyFilms’s review published on Letterboxd: Ein Shane Carruth wie ihn Primer bereits gezeigt hat, unsagbar kreativ und dieses Mal aber verdammt emotional, was bei Primer ja komplett wegfiel. Sanpaku’s review published on Letterboxd: Close Encounters of the Grubby Kind. Nothing like a movie which barely makes sense to break a film drought. There is a scene, a beautiful, lyrical scene where the two lead characters are discussing specific memories, essentially arguing over who owns them. Woman in the Dunes) still puts me off a bit, but Carruth glides over the strangeness in a way that forestalls exasperation, and even the stuff I don't quite get, like the pool rocks, makes an intuitive, dream-logic sort of sense. Mostly beautifully shot but just seemed to go nowhere. Primer is a cold look at science and corruption, while Upstream Color is a warmer look at humanity and life in general and the beauty in it all. The second film from the award-winning Writer and Director of “Primer” G: Really? Primer is a cold look at science and corruption, while Upstream Color is a warmer look at humanity and life in general and the beauty in it all. In particular, Kris and Jeff's relationship plays very differently when you're aware that it's a separate movement in what's essentially a musical work, heavily influenced by the preceding movement but not a direct continuation of it. I just want to say that I hope today is a better day... and that I love you. Upstream Color. Interesting sci-fi but just very not in my wheelhouse. 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More a metaphysical poem than a film, Upstream Color is an elusive and opaque tale of lives lost and found. That may be an awfully crude comparison but it’s the overall gist I got as I watched this beguiling, beautiful film. Carruth is one of the prestigious few who understand the depth required to make pristine science fiction. Upstream Color 2013 ★★★★ Watched Aug 30, 2020. G: Really? Film data from TMDb. I can handle the truth. Upstream Color is similar to Primer in the sense that is is also methodical and tries to give away very little (or actually provides plenty of info but is just really subtle). The rest of the movie, however, didn’t really work for me. This is an ambitious, dense, slippery piece of experimental filmmaking with big ideas and Carruth conveys these enthralling notions through a masterwork in poetic editing, shot composition, and aural design. It is also a far more emotionally engaging story compared to the sterile coldness of his time travel darling. while primer was hard to understand because of the way the audience is shown things,…, obtuse in a relatively good way, and nonsensical in relatively forgivable ways, I’m sick of sorting through concerts, series, and other non-movies. Great themes though. Shane Carruth's previous film, Primer, is a very clinical and cold film, yet nine years later he returns with Upstream Color, a film grounded in emotion and warmth. on dirait du Terrence Mallick: j'ai rien compris jme suis ennuyée j'ai pas aimé. 12 Jun, 2013 Aristotle’s review published on Letterboxd: Boring abstract trash. Trying to find answers in this film's fractal and elliptical narrative is futile and not the point to begin with. 2007年1月31日、初めてのﾋﾞｼﾞﾈｽ書が出版されました。是非皆さんに読んでいただきたい本です。ちょうど会社を辞め Note (07/26/2020): Shane Carruth outed himself as a domestic abuser, so let’s hope he isn’t given the platform to make any more movies. Nothing like a movie which barely makes sense to break a film drought. A man and woman are drawn together, entangled in the lifecycle of an ageless organism. someone who knows their film history correct me on that. I need to watch this again. The second film from the award-winning Writer and Director of “Primer” Upstream Color 2013 ★★★★★ Watched May 09, 2013. Upstream Color had all that but also so so much more. G: I'm doing pretty good, just watching a movie. Report this film. 6 talking about this. This is a movie that demands you let go and simply watch, take each scene as it comes. dunno why i didn't log this when i watched it a few months ago but it rocked this movie is so sick. With negligible exposition, Carruth expects his audience to swim. a true headphone movie, if ever there was such a thing, it’s an analog romance about collective memory and fundamental togetherness, elliptically edited to the extreme, but done so with such organic forward motion that - at its best…. certain films are often (and lazily) described as the kind of thing that you need to see twice, but it truly is sadistically cruel that the end of this film doesn’t immediately loop around to the beginning… not to plug holes, but to heal tissue. I don't even want to explain the plot because the best part is trying to piece things together, along with our main character Kris (Amy Seimetz). 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