Shane Carruth
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Why Didn’t Shane Carruth Change the Distribution Paradigm for this Year’s Sundance Filmmakers?
While many Sundance filmmakers last year this time were nervously awaiting distribution deals, one had done something completely different. Upstream Color director Shane Carruth entered the festival with a DIY distribution plan already in place. He partnered with Sundance Artists Services’s Joseph Beyer and distribution consultant Michael Tuckman, devised a theatrical campaign and swift VOD rollout, and was already at work on merch for the large fan base eager for the follow-up to his cult classic Primer. Carruth and his team pre-screened the film for journalists, including Filmmaker, and, we responded by endorsing both the movie and its distribution paradigm, […]
by Scott Macaulay on Jan 25, 2014 -
Misremembering Only God Forgives
Of all the transformations cinema has undergone since the rise of affordable home viewing in the 1970s, perhaps the most ephemeral, difficult to quantify is this strange result: the difficulty of falsely remembering movies. Whether it was mixing up and remembering out of order a series of shots, or conflating scenes from different movies that happened to star the same actor, or simply forgetting portions of a film, it was difficult to recall a film correctly, accurately. Which isn’t the same thing as not recalling a film truthfully. This became apparent after watching Only God Forgives recently on the big […]
by Nicholas Rombes on Aug 12, 2013 -
Shane Carruth Explains Upstream Color in 528 Words
Shane Carruth’s Upstream Color opened this weekend, and it’s gotten great reviews as well as prompted a certain amount of head scratching. The film is the cover of our current issue, and in it I spend about 5,000 words talking with Carruth about the movie, his DIY distribution plan, what he’s up to next, and why he stepped out of the Hollywood development mill. For those who’ve seen the film and want to know a bit more, here’s Carruth’s answer to my question about the film’s inspirations. I was surprised at how voluble he was and interested in unpacking some […]
by Scott Macaulay on Apr 6, 2013 -
Upstream Color — A Hammer To Nail Review (and Interview)
(Upstream Color premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival in January. It opens theatrically in New York on Friday, April 5, and will roll out to other cities in April and May before becoming available on DVD, Blu-ray, and VOD on May 7. Visit the film’s official website to learn more.) Here’s the plot of Shane Carruth’s new film Upstream Color, for all the good it will do you: A young woman named Kris (Amy Seimetz) is kidnapped by a man named in the credits only as the Thief (Thiago Martins). The Thief has been conducting secret experiments in mind […]
by Nelson Kim on Apr 4, 2013 -
Shane Carruth Releases Upstream Color Soundtrack via Soundcloud and iTunes
Shane Carruth’s score for Upstream Color is one of the film’s standout elements, working hypnotically with the equally strong sound design to anchor the picture’s tumbling cascade of images. In advance of the film’s early April release, Carruth has released the entire score on Soundcloud and made it available for purchase on iTunes. Check it out below, and read my cover story interview with Carruth in the new Filmmaker, which you can subscribe to digitally here on the site or get for the iPad on the App Store.
by Scott Macaulay on Feb 27, 2013 -
Morning Star: Shane Carruth on Upstream Color
Nearly a decade after winning Sundance with his startlingly original Primer, SHANE CARRUTH returns with a haunting and powerful look at love and regeneration, Upstream Color.
by Scott Macaulay on Jan 24, 2013 -
Trailer Watch: Shane Carruth’s Upstream Color
The follow-up to his Sundance Grand Prize-winning cult classic, Primer, Shane Carruth’s Upstream Color is one of the most-anticipated films of Sundance 2013. Here’s the just-released teaser trailer.
by Scott Macaulay on Dec 4, 2012 -
A PRIMER ON “PRIMER”
Upon hearing the awards news from Sundance this past Sunday in Rotterdam, most of the buyers and sales agents at the Cinemart all wanted to know one thing from me: “What the hell is Primer?” The small minority who caught the film in Utah, though, had a different question: “Why the hell did this film win the Sundance Grand Prize?” International film business types customarily feel somewhat lost and bewildered at Sundance, unable to figure out the shuttle bus routes or how to make it into the evening parties. But to be completely confused by what’s on screen? That’s a […]
by Scott Macaulay on Jan 29, 2004
