Until the Light Takes Us
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 Theatrical release poster |
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| Directed by | Aaron Aites & Audrey Ewell |
| Produced by | Audrey Ewell & Aaron Aites |
| Distributed by | Variance Films |
| Release date(s) | December 4, 2009 |
| Running time | 93 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Until the Light Takes Us is a 2009 feature documentary about Norwegian black metal, from directors Aaron Aites and Audrey Ewell.
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[edit] Featured interviewees
- Gylve "Fenriz" Nagell (Musician, Darkthrone, Isengard, Storm )
- Varg "Count Grishnackh" Vikernes (Musician, Burzum, Mayhem)
- Jan Axel “Hellhammer” Blomberg (Musician, Mayhem)
- Olve "Abbath" Eikemo (Musician, Immortal)
- Harald "Demonaz" Nævdal (Musician, Immortal)
- Bjarne Melgaard (Visual artist)
- Kristoffer "Garm" Rygg (Musician, Ulver, Arcturus)
- Kjetil "Frost" Haraldstad (Musician, Satyricon, Gorgoroth, 1349, Keep of Kalessin)
- Bård "Faust" Eithun (Emperor) - Eithun chose to appear with his voice distorted and in a silhouette[1]
[edit] Reception
The film received a 54% rating at Metacritic[2] and a 45% rating at Rotten Tomatoes.[3] Andrew O'Hehir of Salon Magazine called the film "crafty and compelling",[4] Nick Pinkerton of The Village Voice said, "The filmmakers seem cowed into obeisance by their subjects. Varg's last onscreen appearance is accompanied by a montage fitting a schoolyard crush, and the film's title is the translation of Burzum's fourth album, Hvis lyset tar oss. ... [the film] arrives a decade too late to add much."[5] Mike Hale of The New York Times said the "absorbing, low-key documentary ... illustrates the Norwegian context — cold and dark, liberal but ultra-conformist, increasingly globalized — in which these diffident, smart, polite young men came to feel alienated and racially and culturally oppressed."[6]
[edit] Release
Variance Films acquired the theatrical rights to the film in the U.S., and released it in New York City on December 4, 2009.[3] The film grossed $7,246 on a single screen its first week, the second highest per-screen gross of any debuting film (behind Up In The Air).[citation needed]
[edit] References
- ^ http://mcbeardo.com/2009/07/guest-review-until-the-light-takes-us-2009/
- ^ "Until the Light Takes Us". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. http://www.metacritic.com/movie/until-the-light-takes-us. Retrieved 24 January, 2011.
- ^ a b "Until the Light Takes Us". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/until_the_light_takes_us/. Retrieved 24 January, 2011.
- ^ O'Hehir, Andrew k. "Sympathy for the Devil Worshippers", Salon.com, December 1, 2009
- ^ Pinkerton, Nick. "Until the Light Takes Us: A Norwegian Black Metal Documentary", The Village Voice, December 1, 2009
- ^ Hale, Mike. "Until the Light Takes Us (2008): The Music of Church Burning", The New York Times, December 4, 2009
