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Beyond the Black Rainbow

posted 8 years ago by violentauntie
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Just watched Under The Skin again, it's ok. Then I went back and look at the fawning reviews from film nobs like the critics from papers like the Guardianl (oh so professional of you to watch films for a living) mentioning al kinds of movie influence for this film, like even 'Death Watch'. THEN I went through sone other stuff and not once have I seen a mention of Beyond the Black Rainbow. I mean sure the film is a bit like Species and a few others, but Cosmatos must be pissed off as hell that his film got ripped off (yes this is a rip of of BBR and not just in style alone) and no one even noticed, and he did it without the budget and without the fanfare that Glazer gets despite doing very little with the huge support he has had from the British establishment from the start.

[–] marc-johnston31 8 years ago

I must of been watching a different movie or movies..I don't see any similarities between BBR and Under the skin. Unless you want to explain it to me?

[–] sergeslevin 8 years ago

Stylistically - Under the Skin is very similar to Beyond the Black Rainbow, although BBR is a much darker and surreal journey.
I totally agree with the original poster!

SL

[–] violentauntie 8 years ago

Not really, but given that as there is already another poster agreeing, I'm obviously not making it up out of nothing. Don't feel bad, most fail to see connections on different levels between any films other than 'story'; and neither have much of that. It isn't worth doing a PhD unless your going to get a job on IMDB, but both sub text and style ARE very similar take my word for it. I qualified I posted this because no one else did, which means you are in the majority; not a good place to be in terms of our most complex and in many ways most opaque cultural vehicle. Movies are made inherently to reach people on different levels, both are made to be watchable in ways such as having a hot girl, and not least the weirdness through (a similar in this case) style that is less questioned these days, almost expected, creeping into mainstream, like marginal cult comic icons becoming fodder for the masses 50 years later; as all things art becomes vacant fashion eventually, consumed as a simulacrum with no actual understanding of the evolution or initial intent, like Japanese Punks, or reading Ulysses to say you read it). Keep looking.

[–] MycroftHolmes 8 years ago

Jeez, I'm sorry but it's "must HAVE been". Or must've.

What we got here is... failure to communicate!

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[–] bluersun 8 years ago

That's my one grammar pet hate... it doesn't even make any sense to say 'of' instead of 'have'...

[–] cbnspanky2 8 years ago

BTBR was the first movie that popped into my mind after first seeing UTS. I think rather than similar in story, they are tonally similar. I actually prefer BTBR over UTS, but both have their merits.

[–] terrytsilvester 8 years ago

Thats because Beyond The Black Rainbow doesn't exist in Europe. There is no region 2 release of it, it was never released here in the UK.