(trailer)
"Yeah, it’s a comedy. It’s a romantic comedy, come on."
Writer/Director/etcetera Shane Carruth puts it best in the above video, but I’m going to try and say it myself anyways: It’s really hard to describe exactly what this movie is about. Whenever I try, I get to the part about the pigs and the weird back-alley surgery and the hypno-drugs and that’s when people’s eyes start to glaze over and they just nod along, probably silently judging me as one of “those” film nerds who needs every shot to have a deeper significance or I’m just not interested.
To be fair, they wouldn’t be too far off the mark.
But that isn’t to say that Upstream Color isn’t watchable besides that. It has a fairly straightforward plot, all things considered, it’s just that the plot is still a little “out there” and “metaphysical.” There’s romance, and drama comes from their relationship, but it’s also implied that the drama is neither of their faults. There’s a thriller aspect to it, but no direct conflict against an antagonist until the final moments. It’s science-fiction, but those aspects all but disappear after the first act.
Again, the creator put it best. It’s a film about identity, and how people build their own using bits and pieces of everything they can find. Both Kris and Jeff have had their lives crumble around them, and it’s all they can do to help each other come back up.
Next time on Raindrops on Roses: A bit of Richard Scary, a bit of H.P. Lovecraft, and a bit of, well, this movie. But also none of that.
-F
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