Film Review – Upstream Color

In 2004, writer/director/actor/producer/composer/editor Shane Carruth
brought “Primer” into view. A no-budget but highly sophisticated picture
that exhaustively explored the elasticity of the time travel subgenre,
“Primer” was appreciated by a cult following that adored Carruth’s
attention to detail and steely moviemaking approach. Nearly a decade
later, the filmmaker returns to screens with “Upstream Color,” out to
top his earlier work in the realm of abstract details and indie cinema
polish. A brain-bleeder with no particular need for an audience,
“Upstream Color” marks a bold creative step forward for the helmer, now
blessed with more forgiving funding to explore his nervy yet calculated
eccentricities.
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