Reviewed by Kevin Scott, MoreHorror.com
Beyond the Black Rainbow (2010)
Directed by Panos Cosmatos
Written by Panos Cosmatos
Cast: Eva Bourne (Elena), Michael Rogers (Barry Nyle), Scott Hylands (Dr. Mercurio Arboria), Rondel Reynoldson (Margo), Marilyn Norry (Rosemary Nyle), Sara Stockstad (Anna Arboria)
“Beyond the Black Rainbow” is definitely the most unique film that I’ve seen lately. I’m stealing my own thunder early on, but just that statement alone merits a recommendation. If anyone is into really iconoclastic filmmaking where symbolisms abound against a backdrop of some sophisticated imagery, this is their film. Or if anyone is just into a pretty freaky deaky movie, this is also their film.
Director and writer Panos Cosmatos has fashioned something pretty unique here. Unable to be labeled into any particular genre, and guaranteed to be sought out and re-watched either in the near future to get a firmer grasp on what’s going on,...
Beyond the Black Rainbow (2010)
Directed by Panos Cosmatos
Written by Panos Cosmatos
Cast: Eva Bourne (Elena), Michael Rogers (Barry Nyle), Scott Hylands (Dr. Mercurio Arboria), Rondel Reynoldson (Margo), Marilyn Norry (Rosemary Nyle), Sara Stockstad (Anna Arboria)
“Beyond the Black Rainbow” is definitely the most unique film that I’ve seen lately. I’m stealing my own thunder early on, but just that statement alone merits a recommendation. If anyone is into really iconoclastic filmmaking where symbolisms abound against a backdrop of some sophisticated imagery, this is their film. Or if anyone is just into a pretty freaky deaky movie, this is also their film.
Director and writer Panos Cosmatos has fashioned something pretty unique here. Unable to be labeled into any particular genre, and guaranteed to be sought out and re-watched either in the near future to get a firmer grasp on what’s going on,...
- 5/4/2014
- by admin
- MoreHorror
*full disclosure: a Blu-Ray screener of this film was provided by Magnolia Home Ent. Director/writer: Panos Cosmatos. Cast: Michael Rogers, Eva Allan, Scott Hylands, Marilyn Norry and Rondel Reynoldson. It is often best to label a film experimental when it does not follow certain film patterns. Director Panos Cosmatos, son of George Cosmatos (Tombstone), seems almost uninterested in plot. Instead, Beyond the Black Rainbow focuses more on visual style and tone while trying to provide an interesting experience for viewers. This style will not be appreciated by the majority, but this hallucinogenic thriller held this watcher's attention all the way through. Cinematographer Norm Li's approach to the film harkens back to '70s sci-fi. This era saw the rise of science fiction and many of Norm Li's sets, costumes and backgrounds allude to or pay homage to this time period. The setting for the film is 1983 and the set pieces,...
- 9/18/2012
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
This is a story about control: Cosmatos’ Throwback a Challenging Piece of Psychedilia
Words cannot rightfully describe Beyond the Black Rainbow, the debut of filmmaker Panos Cosmatos (the son of George Cosmatos of Rambo: First Blood Part II and Tombstone fame), a film that’s obviously imbued and informed by several notable filmmakers yet never actually pays homage to any particular film. Rather, Cosmatos has created a nightmarish world that’s aggravating, hypnotic, and original. While he may not surpass David Lynch in the epitome of the art house mindfuck, he comes close with a film that’s more than a feeling—it’s a state of mind.
Crimson numerals inform us that it’s 1983 and infomercial footage of Mercurio Arboria (Scott Hylands) explains what his Arborian Institute has to offer, namely “a state of mind, a way of being,” with the methods he has developed to create a “happier you” with “serenity through technology.
Words cannot rightfully describe Beyond the Black Rainbow, the debut of filmmaker Panos Cosmatos (the son of George Cosmatos of Rambo: First Blood Part II and Tombstone fame), a film that’s obviously imbued and informed by several notable filmmakers yet never actually pays homage to any particular film. Rather, Cosmatos has created a nightmarish world that’s aggravating, hypnotic, and original. While he may not surpass David Lynch in the epitome of the art house mindfuck, he comes close with a film that’s more than a feeling—it’s a state of mind.
Crimson numerals inform us that it’s 1983 and infomercial footage of Mercurio Arboria (Scott Hylands) explains what his Arborian Institute has to offer, namely “a state of mind, a way of being,” with the methods he has developed to create a “happier you” with “serenity through technology.
- 5/17/2012
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Beyond The Black Rainbow Trailer. Panos Cosmatos‘s Beyond the Black Rainbow (2010) movie trailer stars Michael Rogers, Eva Allan, Scott Hylands, Marilyn Norry, and Rondel Reynoldson. Beyond the Black Rainbow‘s plot synopsis: “Set in the strange and oppressive emotional landscape of 1983, Beyond The Black Rainbow is a Reagan-era fever dream inspired by hazy childhood memories of midnight movies and Saturday morning cartoons. Deep within the mysterious Arboria Institute, a disturbed and beautiful girl (Allan) is held captive by a doctor in search of inner peace. Her mind controlled by a sinister technology. Silently, she waits for her next session with deranged therapist Dr. Barry Nyle (Rogers). If she hopes to escape, she must journey through the darkest reaches of The Institute… but Nyle won’t easily part with his most gifted and dangerous creation.”
We previously posted the Beyond The Black Rainbow (2010) Teaser Trailer.
Beyond the Black Rainbow also stars Chris Gauthier,...
We previously posted the Beyond The Black Rainbow (2010) Teaser Trailer.
Beyond the Black Rainbow also stars Chris Gauthier,...
- 2/12/2012
- by filmbook
- Film-Book
Director: Panos Cosmatos Writer: Panos Cosmatos Starring: Michael Rogers, Eva Allan, Scott Hylands Via a promotional video -- not all that dissimilar from the Dharma Initiative training films from the television series Lost -- Dr. Mercurio Arboria (Scott Hylands) monotonously incants some new agey propaganda about promoting the further evolution of the human race. By providing the capacity for human beings to achieve pure happiness, Dr. Arboria purports that he will singlehandedly usher in the dawning of a new age of enlightenment. The pure happiness Dr. Arboria intends to make accessible to humans will be created from a recipe of “benign pharmacology, sensory therapy and energy sculpting.” We are then transported to the futuristic present -- the year 1983 -- where we find the film's mute protagonist Elena (Eva Allan) as a heavily sedated teenage prisoner in a prison-like compound known as Arboria. A creepy guy with a hair-helmet and reptilian aura,...
- 5/2/2011
- by Don Simpson
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
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