Reviews of Beyond the Black Rainbow 2011
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I tried with this movie. I wanted to like it more than I do. But my goodness.
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HIPSTER AS FUUUUUUUUUCK. Creepy pedophile psychologist man studies teenage girl for her psychic abilities. It'd be cool if the girl got all Elfen Lied and started Akira blasting bitches, but NOPE just lots of slowmotion shots of the doctor getting off on science. One star for pretty colors and 80s, otherwise slow and pretentious as fuck.
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I want to watch it again, on a BIIIIG screen.
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By the time you get to the end of this film (assuming you make it that far) you'll probably be wondering what the hell you just watched.
If you're prepared for a film that doesn't really concern itself with having a coherent plot, much dialogue or a satisfying conclusion you won't be disappointed.
The soundtrack and the visual impact of the movie are its strong points. The throbbing 70's synth score and electronic noise combined with the kaleidoscope of colours… -
This film has replaced 2001: A Space Odyssey, as my favorite film of all time. It is certainly not for everyone, and I will be the first to acknowledge that, but personally Beyond The Black Rainbow has everything I look for in a film. Great visuals, phenomenal soundtrack, convincing actors, compelling story and characters, well set tone, and beautiful cinematography.
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Forget the narrative, you will not feel for any of the characters. This is a purely visual and most of all auditory experience that borrows heavily from directors S. Kubrick, G. Lucas, K. Anger & A. Jodorowsky, and composers Ligeti, Penderecki, Tangerine Dream and Carpenter. It is an incoherent and incohesive mind-trip, but never frustratingly so. The hypnotic slow pace, the arresting visual pallet, the booming sound and the disturbing imagery is what I take away from this, in contemporary eyes,…
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Panos Cosmatos' Beyond The Black Rainbow is a difficult film to fairly review. It's proven to be divisive among viewers, which makes sense because it's both a stunning and frustrating experience.
By conventional storytelling standards, the film is pretty dismal, but it's kind of hard to find fault because Cosmatos is clearly eschewing the norm. While BTBR does (eventually) have a plot, any viewer looking for a traditional narrative will be disappointed. The story is nonsensical and difficult to follow.…
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Well, I can definitely see why the reviews for this film are so spread across the board. Some people see a work of chaotic brilliance and are quick to compare Panos Cosmatos's debut to such works from names like David Lynch or Dario Argento, but all I witnessed was an endless lightning parade of pretention and over-emphasized visuals, all soundtracked by a musical score that sounds like what would come from a gangbang between Nicolas Winding Refn's brainwaves and Goblin's…
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its too derivative of the most obvioub thiings to compare it tGASPAR NOE'S 2009 ARTHOUSE SMASH "ENTER THE VOID"o but its very impressive for a first movie, hmm, yes, this is deifnitely a director to watcb for sure, hrm [rorschach voice] hrrm. hrm. must watch for future movies to be vaguely awuare of while theyr e playing at local art theater but only watch a year larter on Beyond.The.Black.Rainbow.1080p.BRRip.FrEaKToRRenTzZ.mkv oor wathever that you got form some eastern europ trakcer and english is like the 3rd audio option after soviet dubs
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Omg. If you're interested in watching a surrealist film I'd venture over to Jodorowsky's El Topo, at least it followed a story and had ideas behind it. The film has a "cool" look and definitely sends out the creepy vibes but is completely void of anything past that. Probably one of the most irritating films I've ever watched.