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Jun 3, 2012 · Panos Cosmatos' trippy sci-fi oddity, Beyond the Black Rainbow, is a film that consistently defies categorization.On the one hand, it is a clear homage to the science fiction films of the 1970s and early 80s, recalling such works as Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange and Rainer Werner Fassbinder's World on a Wire.
Deep within the mysterious Arboria Institute, a beautiful girl is held captive by a twisted scientist, her mind controlled by a sinister technology. To escape, she must journey through the darkest reaches of the Institute and avoid the watchful eye of Dr. Nyle, who won’t easily part with his most gifted and dangerous creation.
Held captive in a specialized medical facility, a young woman with unique abilities seeks a chance to escape her obsessed captor. Set in the strange and oppressive emotional landscape of the year 1983, Beyond the Black Rainbow is a Reaganera fever dream inspired by hazy childhood memories of midnight movies and Saturday morning cartoons.
Apr 16, 2011 · by Simon Abrams. April 16, 2011. In the beginning, Beyond the Black Rainbow appears to be just another slavishly loyal copycat pastiche that melds together various different kinds of ’70s sci-fi tropes. Borrowing equally from THX 1138 and Dark Star, writer-director Panos Cosmatos only initially appears to be a fanboy with a camera.
Beyond the Black Rainbow is a 2010 Science Fiction Psychological Thriller film, with a side of Surreal Horror. It is the debut film by Canadian writer and director Panos Cosmatos ( Mandy (2018) ). Set in 1983, the film follows a girl named Elena (Eva Allan), a telepath studied and locked inside a New Age research compound, and the unstable ...
Young Elena has been a prisoner her entire life, her world consisting of just four stark white walls and one single window. And on the other side of that win...
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Dec 3, 2010 · Summary. Set in the strange and oppressive emotional landscape of the year 1983, “Beyond The Black Rainbow” is a Reagan-era fever dream inspired by hazy childhood memories of midnight movies ...
