Upstream Color

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First time viewed: Yes
Current Release: Yes
Watched With: Tyler

Shane Carruth finally got another project off the ground after his impressive debut with Primer, a film I really love. Here with have another big sci-fi premise that is very grounded in the real world and doesn't ever worry about if the audience knows exactly what is going on or not. While this can be confusing at times it seems to be more important that you feel your way through rather than figure out exactly what's going on in the plot, which is most likely going to be different for each viewer.

Now I didn't enjoy this nearly as much as Primer, but despite the extremely esoteric nature of filmmaking on display, there was still much to enjoy. This film has some beautiful moments and a hypnotic dream-like tone. The actors equip themselves well, the film is gorgeously photographed. There's certainly enough to keep you interested and the relationship drama that unfolds is certainly unique. Despite its distancing style I latched onto that.

After a long stall with an ambitious project that fell through I'm glad to see Carruth back in the game and hope he continues his output more frequently.