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Upstream Color

Upstream Color

2013
Drama, Sci-fi
1h 36m
A man and woman are drawn together, entangled in the life cycle of an ageless organism. Identity becomes an illusion as they struggle to assemble the loose fragments of wrecked lives. (sundance.org)
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Upstream Color

2013
Drama, Sci-fi
1h 36m
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Rated 20 Jan 2014
86
93rd
A deliciously slow-moving and exposition-free delivery of a fascinating sci-fi concept. Made me feel calm, uncomfortable, mentally stimulated, and finally, oddly, at peace. I was pretty damn blazed at the time, mind.
Rated 13 Dec 2013
83
92nd
In this big mixed up world it's actually really assuring knowing I have a symbolic host pig out there somewhere.
Rated 02 May 2013
8
80th
If you went up to someone and said "Yeah, you should see this movie about two traumatized lovers with an identity crisis who are mysteriously connected via sensory channels to a wacko worm-pig-orchid cycle" they would probably stare at you blankly and then walk away. But I am fascinated by people in complete control of their artistic weirdness, and thankfully Carruth manages to make this troubling and intimate mess of a film into something well worth watching.
Rated 11 May 2013
70
65th
The imagery of Malick and the ambiguous symbolism of Lynch combined. It's great that Carruth tries something very different, and I found that his themes had huge potential ... but the pigs and the romance weren't for me. The opening act is pretty amazing, however. And I'll forgive some daftness and a few whifs of pretention and quirk when his new, impressive visual style and the original language of narration ensure a fascinating and often absolutely enthralling experience.
Rated 10 May 2013
49
44th
Hey, Pig. Yeah, you. Hey, Pig Piggy-Pig Pig-Pig, all of your streams came blue... (THE UPSTREAM SPIRAL.)
Rated 07 Jun 2013
30
7th
As much as I hate to say it, I thought this film was plum bad. The cinematography was ugly and the acting was awful (especially Carruth), leading to an experience that felt emotionally dead on arrival. The ride was simply inert, and inhuman. I didn't care at all about what was going on, and if there was supposed to be a tone of transcendentalism or something about how they were lacking it, it failed miserably. It just felt like a hefty void of 90 minutes.
Rated 26 Apr 2013
91
91st
A beautiful film about finding wholeness in the aftermath of trauma. Carruth withholds certain elements of the narrative, leaving only what's essential to establish the emotional situations of the characters. UC excels most dramatically in its editing. The use of visual and narrative ellipses invites audience engagement, thus raising the stakes. This was also much more character-driven than Primer, an improvement in my book, while Carruth's sound sets an alternately creepy and mystical tone.
Rated 27 Apr 2013
30
30th
Huuhaahaahuilu. The film obviously started as a 20-minute short about a rape fantasy and for some reason got stretched into a feature film, way beyond its breaking point. The film is really hurting to fill its running time and between the absurd, unconnected imagery about Christian oneness you'll be looking at pretty flowers for quite a while. The sci-fi aspect comes from looking at the credits and figuring out if a guy cloned himself a bunch or if he's just lying.
Rated 28 Apr 2013
3
38th
This made a much stronger impression upon release than it's ended up leaving in subsequent years. Dig the vibes, but there's not much there.
Rated 30 Apr 2013
73
36th
The film's visual tone is very well done, creating a dreamlike surreal atmosphere that matches the fractured emotionally complex narrative. That narrative just couldn't consistently engage me, though. For every great moment there was one where all I was thinking was "what's the point of this scene," and at times it felt like the film was trying to achieve insight through willful obfuscation rather than genuine ambiguity.
Rated 19 Dec 2013
25
2nd
Abstract and unintelligible, Upstream Color is a chore. Might have worked as a short film, but full length I found myself very detached from the film. Carruth tries to put lipstick on a pig, which might work for some people, but for me I consider this the worst film I've seen in 2013.
Rated 26 Dec 2013
55
28th
I respect Shane Carruth as a director. Upstream Color certainly burned some images into my mind that I don't think I'll ever forget. But as much as I admire his Hemingway-esque omission of redundant events, his anti-plot approach to filmmaking just doesn't fire on all cylinders for me. He captures Godard's and Lynch's inscrutability without ever fully "selling" the implied emotions the way they did. I never felt a rising or receding tide in the pace that even the most surreal film requires.
Rated 27 Dec 2013
91
97th
Part of the beauty and the abstract feeling of wonder, vague fear, and the unknown comes from the presentation, which is borderline masterful if not already such. The rest comes from the content, which I feel I could summarize and leave here with its facets lauded but I will opt to leave it mentioned as something comprehensible yet preternatural yet almost not either. If I sound pretentious or anything, I'm sorry. I'm just a little blown away.
Rated 02 May 2014
25
17th
Am I missing something here? This is largely meandering, meaningless drivel. Seemingly artsy for the sake of scoring "artsy" points with very little actual content. I didn't completely hate it but I'm honestly annoyed at the praise this is getting. There's an idea here to be sure, and it isn't a bad one, but it's wholly mishandled. The end result is completely limp and purposefully vague, with no justification for it. Should have been a short film, and might have been good in that format.
Rated 22 Jan 2015
60
35th
My rating is a reflection of my mood before the film, as in, I was not in the mood to watch a film like this, yet continued to watch for ~100 minutes. This is my Criticker, so I get to say whatever I want (Give me a star if you'd like!). The film exists in that liminal space where I am unsure if I didn't like the film based on its own merits, or whether my own mood affected my dislike.
Rated 12 May 2016
88
87th
Two people struggle in the aftermath of acts that they did not want to perform. They find solace in each other, but that's just because pigs, probably. UC explores the limits of self-understanding: how inscrutable and impenetrable our motivations are even to us. The film's form -- elliptical, elision-filled -- evokes the characters' disoriented states. However, that Kris and Jeff don't know why they are drawn to one another doesn't necessarily make their connection any less meaningful.
Rated 12 Apr 2013
75
16th
I think Tree of Life is the worst thing that happened to American Cinema. *** Upstream Color is the peak of HDSLR cinematography and the sound design is impeccable. It is an incredible audio-visual experience. Yet, this doesn't mean that it is a good film: Falling short when trying to be "sublime" and "deep", Upstream Color would be the ultimate Vimeo Staff Pick!
Rated 08 May 2013
59
42nd
I dug the reviewer on Criticker who called this a combination of Lynch and Malick; I think that's pretty much exactly right. Visually and aurally stunning, and Seimetz rises to the occasion with a fantastically impressionistic performance. But it's so damned aloof--stubbornly so, it seems. I'm sorry to report that I grew a little impatient with it. Kinda wanna see it again, though.
Rated 22 Jun 2013
40
22nd
Competently filmed and highly intelligent, apparently. Starts out absurd, turns romantic, and ends up as some sort of religious/philosophical allegory. But really, it's a thousand piece jigsaw puzzle that I'm not all that interested in putting together. I think I'll go read a book instead. Walden, maybe...
Rated 04 Aug 2013
90
83rd
Film as a dream. Film as a poetry. Film as a music. Film as a flowing lake of placid water. Film as rich in environment and ethereal soul. Film as suspenseful yet beautiful as the change of a season. I sat before the screen dumbstruck in the first 1 hour of this trying to understand the plot, to bind the loose threads together. And at the end of the film, I realised that they were not to be knitted but to allow to run in parallel yet not to fully comprehend each other.A special one, not for al
Rated 14 Aug 2013
82
79th
I was dreaming or what?
Rated 24 Sep 2013
55
50th
This really requires a couple of viewings to open up but I'm not yet convinced it's worth the effort. That said, I enjoyed the visual style and the mood; and it gives me comfort that there are still films like this being made today. Lynch meets Malick is a spot-on comparison.
Rated 28 Oct 2013
55
13th
"I-like-Malick-but-cannot-shoot-one-like-him-so-let-me-drown-you-with-symbols-and-visions-in-a-Lynch-way" type movie... I deeply regret the moment I read "sci-fi" at IMDB for this movie
Rated 21 Dec 2013
96
94th
One of the best films this year, for sure. The visuals were gorgeous with some incredibly impeccable editing too. Not only that, but this film was a beautiful meditation on love and co-dependence wrapped up in an intriguing sci-fi plot. The story was a little obscure, but I think it was straightforward enough to be followable, yet abstract enough for metaphorical interpretations. Beyond the cinematography, the soundtrack could easily be the most stunning part about this film. I was blown away.
Rated 06 Sep 2016
59
24th
More appreciable than enjoyable. After some internet sleuthing and a second watch it actually makes sense, but still doesn't do much for me. The emphasis on focus and fractured editing work a little too well to relate the characters' disorientation, and the central romance comes off awkwardly (but probably intentionally) sterile. The Lynch/Malick comparison does seem apt, as it bears similarities to Tree of Life and Dune.
Rated 26 Jan 2013
95
92nd
A very challenging and sometimes silly movie but holy shit it's just so god damned beautiful
Rated 15 Feb 2013
85
91st
This was special...not a picture for everyone...but really something special...
Rated 21 Apr 2013
29
96th
At the delta of Malick and Fincher emerges this... symphony of brisk, elegant montage and sonic splendor.
Rated 22 Apr 2013
5
94th
Wonderfully somatic treatise on love, deconstruction of the individual, rhizomes, and piggies.
Rated 26 Apr 2013
90
81st
Shane Carruth's followup to the 2004 sci-fi film "Primer" is captivating from the get-go, with a plot and film-making that is unlike anything I've seen in cinema. Abstract in the same way as recent Malick films, but with a dense plot that is followable even if it oftentimes makes no sense. To try to explain the plot is meaningless, as it is the journey that is the point. Amy Seimetz gives a tour-de-force performance and Carruth's achievements in multiple capacities is stunning.
Rated 28 Apr 2013
80
65th
Fascinating. It certainly warrants more than one watch. It's worth it once for the visual style, alone. The narrative isn't really convoluted, it just avoids unnecessary exposition; or more accurately, almost all exposition. It's a film that defies a rating. That 80 over there? Darts on a dartboard. It is difficult to attach to the disaffected personalities, but the film, and by extension Carruth, doesn't seem interested in exploring the depths of human emotion so it's more stripped away.
Rated 28 Apr 2013
88
86th
After doing some reading and seeing it again, it's much clearer what UPSTREAM COLOR is up to; it tells of an organism, passed from humans to pigs to plants and back again, that controls those it has entered--a control which is exploited to the ruin of Kris (Amy Seimetz) and Jeff (Shane Carruth), two damaged souls who come together. Carruth also directed, wrote, composed the amazing score, was the cinematographer, etc.--and crafted a challenging, yet often beautiful and truly fascinating film.
Rated 02 May 2013
85
80th
When you watch this you can't help but get caught up in the beauty. It drifts through it, every shot is wonderfully staged, the lighting is on point and makes it truly feel special, while the confusing narrative still manages to be emotional. Right from the opening song I was grabbed by it (the soundtrack is fantastic). You honestly can't help but WANT to be poetic when you're talking about it.
Rated 05 May 2013
5
69th
I guess Carruth realized that it was probably best to not try and write an actual plot again (lol Primer) and instead focus on using Malick-like imagery to tell his story. It's an approach that lends itself well to the ethereal mood. While the ridiculousness of it all sometimes spoils things, it's definitely a marked improvement over his previous clusterfuck of a film. In some ways, it's actually quite beautiful.
Rated 14 May 2013
70
76th
The peoples' lives are shattered and stripped by the thief and the worm, forcing them to start over from nothing. The Sampler observes all these events as if they were just a big science experiment. The book Walden is also a major theme in the story. Much like the novel the film explores the strength and capacity of people. I though it was a stunning film and deserves multiple viewings.
Rated 20 May 2013
90
90th
I feel like i'm going to have to watch this at least a few more times before i can even begin to wrap my head around it (and not necessarily even in the same sense as in Primer), but one thing i feel vaguely certain of is that Carruth is probably the bravest and brightest new-ish filmmaker in America and possibly also our nuttiest. The Malick comparisons are quite valid, if Malick was steeped in science fiction rather than Heidegger and Catholicism.
Rated 20 May 2013
85
90th
It's worth watching more than once and not because it's particularly hard to follow (or to read something deeper into it) but because the best moments go by so fast. There's a nice love story somewhere beneath all the science fiction and philosophy. It's not that the characters aren't fleshed out enough (their opaqueness lends to something more spontaneous and beautiful) but instead there's just not ENOUGH of that stuff. Amy Seimetz is a goddess.
Rated 20 May 2013
91
94th
I can imagine how being "unprepared" for this movie may leave a bad taste in one's mouth. Fortunately, I had a good idea what I was in for, and thus was in pretty tight symphony with the film. Not only is the premise startlingly unique, but the film has an emotional depth that surprised me. This is a film that forces you to WANT to understand it, on both a technical level and a "what's it all mean?" level. It's also visually gorgeous. A great experience.
Rated 23 May 2013
85
93rd
After a second viewing, it's time for me to rate this. A second watch is not needed, but definitely doesn't hurt. I'm glad Carruth is finally back. I find his movies more interesting, well crafted and different than most films. With Upstream he does something else than Primer, but in the way it's shot and edited, in the care for details, his style is very recognizable. The first half is nothing like anything I've seen before. Unbelievable. The ending I don't fully get. Still it's a great film.
Rated 19 Jun 2013
60
1st
1042: what the fuck is this shit!
Rated 25 Jun 2013
70
58th
1st time: "what." 2nd time: "whoa okay."
Rated 16 Aug 2013
94
90th
Music and repetition are everything here. Take them in and you'll find yourself completely absorbed in the characters and the movie. Beautiful.
Rated 14 Sep 2013
79
72nd
Thankfully Carruth decides to move away from Primer's false constructed complexity and instead focuses on mood and emotion. THAT is what makes such abstract plots work: here we care about the characters and want to invest energy in figuring out what each mystery means for the whole. As such the film rings true as it explores the small, non-corporeal links between two individuals used as cogs in a biological machine. Keep this up, Carruth.
Rated 20 Nov 2013
53
8th
There's an aspect to this film that I find impressive, specifically the Malick-esque approach to editing this confused narrative that is more focused on emotion and experience than story. But I found this to be way too impenetrable, self-involved, and pretentious (not to mention boring and directionless) -- I was waiting throughout the whole film for a "a-ha!" moment to make it all worthwhile, but it never came. I don't see why such a dense story had to be presented so in such an abstract manner
Rated 31 Dec 2013
99
99th
One of the few films that shows the world in the same way I view it. An amazing story about the worlds of broken people, which never feels false or forced, deftly intermixed with a secondary plot.
Rated 10 Feb 2014
5
70th
an audacious and highly abstract experiment that attempts to represent human lives, or life itself, or even the entirety of the material universe as some interconnected conglomerate pulsating with emotion and desire. well, yeah. i dunno how successful it is, or whether its elusive goal even makes sense, as the characters seemed to be one step away from spitting phrases such as 'life force', 'chakra', and 'zero point energy'. whatever the case, it's nice to see something original. hypnotic too.
Rated 27 Feb 2014
85
73rd
I'll never look at bacon the same again. Upstream Color is not going to be a movie for everybody. If you enjoy a surreal experience and very nice sound effects (which really remind me of David Lynch's films), you will likely enjoy this movie too...
Rated 14 May 2014
40
30th
I fancy myself a film buff with discriminating taste. I'm also a huge science fiction fan. Then along comes a film like Upstream Color that makes me think I have banal taste after all. I guess I just hate experimental films because my PSI said I should have loved this one. I was bored to tears and kept falling asleep.
Rated 15 May 2014
4
55th
Much to love and hate. I can't decide.
Rated 16 Jul 2014
80
69th
Watching this movie is a sensory experience like none other. Instead of presenting information explicitly to the viewer, you're given gorgeous images and sounds that convey emotions first, plot second. But I think it does so to a fault. Extra points, though, for its being so unprecedented and unique.
Rated 29 Sep 2014
1
2nd
A tryhard attempt at making an indie movie or something. Pretentious, bad, disappointing.
Rated 30 Oct 2014
6
40th
Best you can say about this is that it's intriguing. If you're not into coherence, clarity or such prosaic things.
Rated 15 Nov 2014
84
88th
If I had a hot dog for every time my brain was taken over by an ageless organism, my first name would be spelled O-s-c-a-r.
Rated 11 Jan 2015
100
95th
Shane Carruth, you're the sickest fucking psycho. This is the most hardcore stuff I have seen.
Rated 22 Feb 2015
67
88th
Beautiful, sensual formalist piece, with the trailerish dream editing of Malick's "The New World," or Korine's "Spring Breakers," and the 'pretend it's a video game' dream logic of the latter. Loses steam with rather tangential and uninteresting plot elements, but a lot of it was next level shit. A unique artistic vision. Need to see "Primer" now.
Rated 03 Apr 2015
80
79th
To look at this film linearly and logically is to miss the point. It's a magnificent, surreal, visually and sonically affecting art piece. (I missed the point).
Rated 12 Dec 2015
76
83rd
Original and hypnotic.
Rated 12 Apr 2016
74
43rd
After the first 30 minutes of this film, I felt a shift occur inside me - one that ultimately kept me on the precipice of complete breakdown throughout the film. However, I spent the rest of the movie trying to orient myself with what I was watching. I could not get a grasp on it. I knew that this film was stirring something inside me though, and for that reason, I want to return to it.
Rated 13 May 2016
50
10th
As obnoxious and annoying as it is beautiful and original. I should probably watch it a second time, but I'm not sure if I want to.
Rated 28 Dec 2017
40
23rd
An uninteresting, pretentious slog.
Rated 06 Sep 2020
42
16th
Not for me, mates. This movie was made up out of all the elements I hate about clishé indie movies. Jump cuts all the time, meaningful stares into the distance, mumbling half full sentences and a horrible ambient-piano-soundtrack. Everything's so full of itself here, I rolled my eyes every 15 minutes. The worst thing though is Carruth himself. What a puppet as an actor. But hey, love and life. LOVE AND LIFE!
Rated 22 Jan 2013
50
14th
Completely went over my head. Intensely enigmatic, but gorgeously shot. Would need to rewatch this.
Rated 08 Apr 2013
40
13th
Nisan 2013, ist film fest. bade ile & Filmin neyi, nasıl anlatmak istediğini kavradım. Filmin cümlelerini güzel, değerli buluyorum lakin derdini imgelere boğarak seyircisine hiçbir alan bırakmayışı can sıkıcı geldi. Yavan imgeler ile kurduğu dünyası iyi belirginleştiği noktada beni kaybetti. Bade beğendi, benim için hayal kırıklığıydı.
Rated 27 Apr 2013
70
52nd
Disappointing follow-up to his brilliant Primer, writer/director Carruth substitutes that film's minimalism with a baroque presentation of elisions, substitutions and metaphors on or about tropes of nature-as-savior which borrow heavily from the X-Files, Terrence Malick, Aronofsky, & oh yeah, Thoreau, to predictable obtuseness. Despite its unique look & dazzling editing patterns, I found it rather dull & silly, particularly when the actors spoke, or, ugh, echo-spoke.
Rated 30 Apr 2013
93
95th
What a special film. Surreal in the most classical of senses, it's rare to come by something that is so clearly a labor of love. UC's plotting is complex (although not as cold as Primer's, which scared me off), but its told in a dreamlike, intuitive way peppered with melancholy, clever ways of depicting a modern romance. It's something that you have to work for, but you're engrossed doing it.
Rated 07 May 2013
99
75th
Beautiful work of art. Shane Carruth has raised the bar for himself as a true film making artist.
Rated 12 May 2013
68
35th
Beautifully shot, but somehow didn t really got me too much involved. Maybe i need to rewatch it. I don t know.
Rated 16 May 2013
76
64th
yawn.
Rated 19 May 2013
70
67th
I'm not sure how I felt about it. It has very little plot, and I think I spent too long searching for one. That's one piece of advice I'd give for someone watching this - don't look for the story too much. The visuals and sound design were beautiful. I've rarely seen such a unique understanding of image and audio, actually. I'm not sure I comprehended all of it while watching. It's definitely something I should watch again sometime. I wouldn't recommend it to a lot of people, but it was good.
Rated 20 May 2013
80
64th
Very nice surprise after the cold and insufferable Primer. The Malick comparisons are apt, if a bit overenthusiastic. The cinematography, editing, score, acting, etc. are all top-notch. And best of all, it doesn't feel like a boring logic puzzle. There's one (important) scene near the end that feels really, REALLY out of place, but otherwise, this is a very good film that you should watch soon.
Rated 23 May 2013
9
96th
Hauntingly beautiful, mentally poignant, and totally fucking awesome, it was impossible for me not to love Upstream Color. Carruth directed, wrote, scored, and did just about everything except cater, and the guy knows exactly how to capture both intellect and emotion. The music and cinematography are absolutely stellar, Seimetz's performance is perfectly eerie, and the lasting effect of Upstream Color is undeniable. I will watch this again many times.
Rated 26 May 2013
99
98th
For some reason, I don't think I was expecting a follow up to Primer to ever happen. Now that it has, I guess I'll be spending the next six months trying to keep myself from losing my shit every time I hear a bad word said about this film.
Rated 28 May 2013
88
90th
Simply mesmerizing, but far from simple. Stunning sounds and visuals and the story, I guess there is one.
Rated 31 May 2013
80
90th
Beautifully made film. You just need a little bit of patience until you are able to piece together the story. The soundtrack is awesome as well.
Rated 03 Jun 2013
90
62nd
A brilliant, and beautiful film.
Rated 09 Jun 2013
91
73rd
The editing here is wonderful, the element which elevates all else.
Rated 19 Jun 2013
82
80th
Carruth demands an active viewer. Primer gave you the gist and asked you to keep up, while Upstream color starts us deep within the rabbit hole. Its absolutely gorgeous, and the wonderful score with its paucity of dialogue gives a real ethereal tone. It deserves repeat a repeat viewing, and I'd be happy to give it that.
Rated 19 Jun 2013
75
58th
Upstream Color seems like David Cronenberg doing The Tree of Life. That's a compliment, I think. It's really abstract, though it starts out good enough. I felt it lose some steam in the final act, but overall its a quality science-fiction picture that retains a strong human element.
Rated 21 Jun 2013
80
68th
See: Terrance Malick.
Rated 25 Jun 2013
57
13th
Some cool concepts and special effects, but most of the film felt like a waste of time.
Rated 28 Jun 2013
93
98th
There are no words for this movie. Extraordinarily heady and abstract, mysterious, and endlessly intriguing. Carruth also has an amazing sense of style with his cinematography, and seems to have talent in every area he attempts. It would be wise to watch his career from here on out, as he's proven himself to be one of the most imaginative and unique filmmakers working today.
Rated 29 Jun 2013
75
66th
I came into this thinking it would be Primer-esque and unfortunately didn't enjoy it as much as I think I could have if instead I'd been informed it was more like something you'd expect from a collaboration between David Lynch and Terrence Malick. Though slightly spoiler-y, I think I would've appreciated reading this interview beforehand: http://www.theawl.com/2013/04/shane-carruth-doesnt-explain-his-new-movie
Rated 06 Jul 2013
61
36th
A film that begs to be watched more than once...this rating and review will serve as merely a placeholder until my next viewing.
Rated 01 Aug 2013
50
43rd
Score based on partial viewing: walked out after half to three quarters of an hour due to low volume. Wasn't loving it. Make of that what you will.
Rated 11 Aug 2013
91
86th
I'm probably going to have to watch this again..
Rated 05 Sep 2013
90
85th
Carruth's followup to Primer is not as inscrutable as Primer was but every bit as high concept. Carruth takes his craft a step further crafting an intentionally bizarre, deliberately paced film.
Rated 07 Sep 2013
65
31st
I'd say I'd watch it again..but many films that make me want to do that have to be worth my time in the first place...
Rated 12 Sep 2013
61
57th
I'll update this when I have an idea. I just don't know what to think of it. But I think I liked it.
Rated 23 Sep 2013
30
17th
Must be only for smart people. Too bad I'm a dumb-dumb
Rated 05 Oct 2013
75
77th
7 highly recommended :: beautifully strange and hauntingly unique :: I can only imagine what Carruth could do if he didn't like to fuck with his audiences so much
Rated 10 Oct 2013
80
74th
Carruth's meandering, mindbending narrative was enough to keep my interest up, while the abstract and ethereal photography, sound and editing were a welcome part of a challenging but complementary aesthetic. My main gripe was with the pacing, too slow and abstract in the last third (the swimming scenes especially went on far too long). An incredibly original and creative piece of work, pushing boundaries and exploring the medium of film. 90 minutes would have been about perfect.
Rated 29 Nov 2013
85
84th
Don't ever let anyone tell you that ambition and experimental spirit is dead in cinema when we still have people like Shane Carruth working. This film is very Malick influenced with its associative editing and focus on life cycles and nature, not to mention some impressive photography, but also has a confusing yet intriguing sci-fi premise. It also manages to be a pretty incisive look at identity, broken souls and love on top of all of that. A difficult, confident and impressive piece of work.
Rated 30 Nov 2013
71
42nd
Tamamen başka bir evrende geçen bilim kurgulara nazaran, bilim kurguyla gerçek hayatı harmanlamak zor mevzu. Fakat, yönetmen, çok zeki olmaya çalışan Primer'inden sonra, bu kez istediğini başarmış gibi. Böylesine iddialı bir anlatıyı, "öf saçmalama be" dedirtmeden sonuna kadar izletebiliyor. He, bence hala gereğinden çok daha fazla iddialı, orası ayrı.
Rated 07 Dec 2013
72
86th
Wut
Rated 22 Dec 2013
85
65th
As technically brilliant as it is narratively abstract, Upstream Color represents experimental American cinema at its finest -- and reaffirms Shane Carruth as a talent to watch.
Rated 28 Dec 2013
86
94th
So if Malick did Fight Club and cut all the narration...
Rated 29 Dec 2013
1
0th
very bad movie could not watch the whole thing
Rated 06 Jan 2014
95
89th
Imaginative and perfectly put-together film with extremely creative visuals and a deep and fantastic story.
Rated 18 Jan 2014
75
67th
I'm generally not a fan of abstract narratives. Shane Carruth is an exception to this. Slightly easier to digest than Primer simply because you can understand basically what's going on without needing to look up a diagram of timelines on the internet. That being said I like Primer more because I like time travel a lot. Either way, I'll keep watching his movies.
Rated 23 Jan 2014
49
36th
There's a drug called scopolamine that supposedly works this way. Movie starts interestingly enough, but it lost me completely half an hour later. Are pigs some sort of silly metaphor? (yes, if I don't understand it - it's silly). It's shot on a cheap digital camera, and that shows.

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