Perhaps you’ve heard of Panos Cosmatos’ Beyond the Black Rainbow. The trippy sci-fi effort played assorted festivals in 2011 – including Tribeca in April and Canda’s Fantasia International Film Festival in July – and generated press for its surreal visuals. As Magnet Releasing plans to usher Black Rainbow into theaters, they’ve prepped a trailer to set the mood. We have it below, or you can see it in hi-def on Apple.com.
That’s the best music video Pink Floyd never made. It looks like The Tree of Life meets 2001 by way of Logan’s Run -- and if that description doesn’t get you excited, then Black Rainbow isn’t your type of film.
The influence of 1960s and ‘70s genre cinema is evident in Cosmatos’ imagery, which plays with the confining-yet-freeing yin-yang of science-fiction storytelling. The second half of Rainbow, which appears to take place in the female protagonist’s subconscious, could give Malick’s Tree of Life a run for its money in the surreal department. I only pray there’s some type of story thread for audiences to grasp as we whizz through the pyrotechnics.
Beyond the Black Rainbow is writer-director Cosmatos’ debut film, so there’s no way to tell if this is an introduction to a brave new voice, or a one-off effort from an obscure talent who’ll drift away into the ether. At the very least, it looks like the film will be a stimulating ride into the unknown. Speaking of, it’s unknown when Magnet actually will release the film (the clip says “Coming Soon”), but we’ll continue to track the movie’s progress and report back whatever we hear.
