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Title: Upstream Color
Post by: Samwise on April 14, 2013, 09:23:38 AM
I only just heard about this yesterday via a friend on Facebook who said it was fantastic.  It's by the same guy who did Primer.

Wiki page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upstream_Color)
Trailer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5U9KmAlrEXU)

I loved the fuck out of Primer, so I'm going to try to catch this while it's in theaters around here.


Title: Re: Upstream Color
Post by: Arthur_Parker on May 12, 2013, 02:05:00 PM
It gripped me right from the start so I really enjoyed it, very unusual film and little of that has to do with the plot.


Title: Re: Upstream Color
Post by: Samwise on May 12, 2013, 02:10:56 PM
I need to see it again.  Much like Primer, after watching it the first time I said "wait, what?"  But for different reasons -- Primer had a convoluted plot with a very straightforward presentation (as much as was possible anyway), Upstream Color has what I think is a pretty straightforward plot but the presentation is all over the map.


Title: Re: Upstream Color
Post by: AcidCat on June 16, 2013, 12:53:39 AM
This film blew me away. Shane Carruth is the successor to David Lynch.


Title: Re: Upstream Color
Post by: MrHat on June 23, 2013, 08:51:48 AM
This is on Netflix, FYI.


Title: Re: Upstream Color
Post by: Hawkbit on June 26, 2013, 11:36:57 PM
One of the best movies I've seen in a very long time.  I think most people will shrug it off as pretentious crap, but I'm wrapped in the puzzle. 

I really like how Carruth not only wrote, directed, produced and starred in it.  Oh, and the score was all his, too.  Talk about multitalented. 


Title: Re: Upstream Color
Post by: apocrypha on July 06, 2013, 02:15:57 AM
Watched this last night. Fantastic, loved it. Want to watch it again straight away, with a notebook & pen handy. Primer made me feel the same way. Technically superb too - the cinematography was wonderful and the sound tied right into it.

I think Shane Carruth may be my new favorite director.


Title: Re: Upstream Color
Post by: UnSub on September 12, 2013, 02:55:59 AM
I obviously saw a different film called "Upstream Color" to the rest of you. The one I saw was total artwank.

I could pull it apart to put the narrative back together, but it's not worth the effort. The opening scenes created an expectation that were never fulfilled.

Very well shot though.