The color from space (film)

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Movie
German title The color from space
Original title Color out of space
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2019
length 113 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Richard Stanley
script Scarlett Amaris ,
Richard Stanley
production Daniel Noah ,
Josh C. Waller ,
Lisa Whalen ,
Elijah Wood
music Colin Stetson
camera Steve Annis
cut Brett W. Bachman
occupation

The color out of space (original title Color Out of Space ) is a science fiction horror film by Richard Stanley , which premiered in September 2019 as part of the Toronto International Film Festival and was released on January 24, 2020 in US cinemas. The film is based on the short story The Color from Space by HP Lovecraft .

action

The Gardner family move to a remote farm in rural New England to escape the hustle and bustle of the 21st century. They are just about to adjust to their new life when a meteorite crashes into their front yard. The mysterious thing, an aerolite, seems to merge with the earth and infect the land and the properties of space-time with a strange, otherworldly color. To their horror, the Gardner family discover that this alien force is gradually mutating every life form they touch, including themselves.

Literary template

The film is based on the short story The Color Out of Space (AKA The Color Out of Space ) of HP Lovecraft , published 1927th This is written from the perspective of a first-person narrator. The Boston land surveyor is examining a heathland for the construction of a reservoir as a new water reservoir for the city of Arkham.

production

Nicolas Cage at the premiere for the film at the Toronto International Film Festival

Directed by Richard Stanley , who also adapted Lovecraft's short story for the film with Scarlett Amaris . It is according to DNA - The island of Dr. Moreau in 1996 for the first feature film to be re-directed by Stanley. At that time Stanley had been fired and replaced by John Frankenheimer .

The main roles are Nicolas Cage , Tommy Chong , Joely Richardson and Q'orianka Kilcher .

The German synchronization was created from the dialogue director of Heinz Burghardt on behalf of Think Global Media GmbH, Berlin. Martin Keßler speaks in the German version Nathan Gardner.

The film was shot from the end of January to the beginning of March 2019 on the grounds of the Nova Medical School on Campo Mártires da Pátria and in the Casa do Artista in the Portuguese capital, Lisbon . Steve Annis acted as cameraman .

The film music was composed by the Canadian jazz musician Colin Stetson . The soundtrack album, which comprises a total of 13 pieces of music, was released on January 24, 2020 by Milan Records as a download and on February 7, 2020 as a CD.

The film premiered on September 7, 2019 at the Toronto International Film Festival , where it was screened in the Midnight Madness section. Also in September 2019 it was presented at the Fantastic Fest in Austin. In early October 2019 it was shown at the London Film Festival . A theatrical release in the USA took place on January 24, 2020, in Germany it is planned on March 5, 2020.

reception

Age rating

In Germany, the film was approved by the FSK from the age of 16. The statement of reasons for the release states that the story is mostly told calmly and only slowly builds up tension and horror, whereby the intensive color and light design is central. The further the story progresses, the more drastic splatter elements come into play. These cruel images and the atmosphere of madness and ruin could overwhelm children and young people under the age of 16.

Reviews

The film has so far won over 86 percent of all Rotten Tomatoes critics .

Michael Meyns of the Gilde deutscher Filmkunsttheater writes, while HP Lovecraft keeps the origins and effects of the meteorite and especially the colors vague in his story, cult director Richard Stanley has to visualize them in a cinematic medium that is far less suitable for ambivalence: “His development develops over time Version of the color from space through this to a pure play of colors. Fluorescent, hallucinogenic, psychedelic plays of color waft across the canvas and let the world and the people remaining in it melt away. "

Awards

Fantastic Fest 2019

Sitges Film Festival 2019

  • Nomination for Best Film in the Official Fantàstic Competition (Richard Stanley)

Web links

Commons : The color from space  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Release certificate for the color from space . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF; test number: 197438 / K). Template: FSK / maintenance / type not set and Par. 1 longer than 4 characters
  2. ↑ http://filmmusicreporter.com/2019/08/26/colin-stetson-scoring-richard-stanleys-color-out-of-space/
  3. ↑ 'Color Out of Space' soundtrack details. In: filmmusicreporter.com, January 8, 2020.
  4. ↑ Victor Stiff: TIFF Released a Massive List of Titles Screening at This Year's Festival. In: thatshelf.com, August 8, 2019.
  5. ↑ Christian Zilko: Fantastic Fest Announces Second Wave of lineup, Rian Johnson's 'Knives Out' to Close Festival. In: indiewire.com, August 20, 2019.
  6. ↑ 63rd BFI London Film Festival program announced. In: bfi.org.uk, August 29, 2019.
  7. ↑ https://www.spio-fsk.de/?seitid=2737&tid=469&Vers=1&FGID=5491
  8. ↑ https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/color_out_of_space
  9. ↑ https://www.programmkino.de/filmkritiken/die-farben-aus-dem-all/
  10. ↑ 2019 Fantastic Fest Awards. In: fantasticfest.com, September 24, 2019.
  11. ↑ The eagerly-awaited 'Ready or Not', the Lovecraftian 'Color Out of Space' and the Spanish-Argentinean co-production '4x4', leading off the preview of new Sitges 2019 titles. In: sitgesfilmfestival.com, August 30, 2019.