WELL NOW, ISN'T THIS MOVING RIGHT ALONG NICELY?
TWO WEEKS AGO THE WORLD SUDDENLY GOT WIND OF THE FACT THAT SHANE CARRUTH HAD SOMEHOW MADE HIS SECOND FEATURE WITHOUT ANYONE REALLY KNOWING ABOUT IT. AND MORE THAN THAT, THIS MYSTERIOUS NEW FILM WOULD BE PREMIERING AT SUNDANCE.
A WEEK LATER WE GOT OUR FIRST GLIMPSE OF THE FILM, ONE FULL OF CRYPTIC LANGUAGE, STARTLING IMAGERY AND A SENSE OF ORGANIC VIOLENCE.
AND TODAY WE ARE GIVEN YET ANOTHER SMALL GLIMPSE INTO SHANE CARRUTH'S UPSTREAM COLOR.
YOU WILL NOTICE A REAL SHIFT IN LANGUAGE HERE. THIS SECOND TEASER, ALSO CALLED "STARLINGS," IS CLEARLY MORE LYRICAL AND SOFT, FEATURING THE EMOTION OF THE ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP THAT IS SAID TO BE PART OF THE CORE OF THE FILM. THERE ARE OVERTONES OF MALICK IN THE STARK IMAGERY AND VOICE-OVER. OR EVEN WHAT FEELS LIKE A SENSE OF MEMORY, LONGING AND LOSS IN SOMETHING LIKE TARKOVSKY'S SOLARIS.
BUT THESE ARE MERE SHADES AND CLUMSY COMPARISONS FOR WHAT WILL LIKELY BE SOMETHING VERY MUCH ITS OWN. AFTER ALL, HOW DOES WHAT WE SEE IN THIS TEASER COMBINE WITH THE ONE WE'VE SEEN PREVIOUSLY? IT SEEMS THIS GLIMPSE IS JUST ANOTHER PIECE OF THE PUZZLE IN FIGURING OUT THE KIND OF FILM COMING OUR WAY. DOES EVEN CALLING THIS TEASER A "PIECE" FEEL A LITTLE TOO PAT?
... LET'S JUST CALL IT ANOTHER SHADE OF COLOR.
AND HULK FOR ONE, CANNOT WAIT UNTIL THE FINAL FILM IS REVEALED TO THE WORLD.
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ENJOY, PONDER AND COMMENT BELOW.
<3 HULK