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Upstream Color

Upstream Color

6,3 /10 (818 Votes)
2013 EN 96 min

Overview

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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Release date

05/04/2013

Votes

818

Popularity

1.7

You can force your story's shape, but the color will always bloom upstream.

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

96 min

Budget

$100,000

Revenue

$444,098

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artlawless

2019-01-23

⭐ 7

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 al…

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