You can force your story's shape, but the color will always bloom upstream.
A man and woman are drawn together, entangled in the lifecycle of an ageless organism. Identity becomes an illusion as they struggle to assemble the loose fragments of wrecked lives.
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Contemporary, grave, prestige and contemplative.
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
- contemplativerelentless
- earnestironic
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- artlawlesson TMDB · Jan 20197/10
After almost 9 years since Primer, Shane Carruth returned with his next film, Upstream Color. Once again, Shane played multiple roles in the creation of this film – producer (one of), director, writer, actor (one of), music director, cinematographer and editor (one of). The film was made with a tiny budget of $50,000, wow, talk about being efficient. The story is not a convoluted one like Primer, which was based on time travel. That said, it’s not very straightforward either. It does talk about some unreal patterns and could get hard to understand at times. Do give it a watch if you haven’t already.
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Cast
- Amy SeimetzKris
- Shane CarruthJeff
- Andrew SensenigThe Sampler
- Thiago MartinsThief
- Carolyn KingWife
- Mollie MilliganMaggie
- Myles McGeeMonty
- Ashton MiramontesLucas
- Andreon WatsonPeter
- Frank MosleyHusband
Crew
- Shane CarruthDirector
- Shane CarruthWriter
- David LoweryEditor
- Shane CarruthEditor
- Ben LeClairProducer
- Casey GoodenProducer
- Shane CarruthProducer
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