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05/04/2013 Drama, Science Fiction 1h 36m
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You can force your story's shape, but the color will always bloom upstream.

Overview

A man and woman are drawn together, entangled in the lifecycle of an ageless organism. Identity becomes an illusion as they struggle to assemble the loose fragments of wrecked lives.

  1. Shane Carruth

    Director, Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Amy Seimetz

    Kris

  2. Shane Carruth

    Jeff

  3. Andrew Sensenig

    The Sampler

  4. Thiago Martins

    Thief

  5. Carolyn King

    Wife

  6. Mollie Milligan

    Maggie

  7. Myles McGee

    Monty

  8. Ashton Miramontes

    Lucas

  9. Andreon Watson

    Peter

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Full Cast & Crew

Reviews

A review by artlawless
Written by artlawless on 2019-01-23
After almost 9 years since Primer, Shane Carruth returned with his next film, Upstream Color. Once again, Shane played multiple roles in the creation of this film – producer (one of), director, writer, actor (one of), music director, cinematographer and editor (one of). The film was made with a tiny budget of $50,000, wow, talk about being efficient. The story is not a convoluted one like Primer, which was based on time travel. That said, it’s not very straightforward either. It does talk about some unreal patterns and could get hard to understand at times. Do give it a watch if you haven�...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$100,000.00

Revenue
$444,098.00

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