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Not outstanding, but it's the best you'll get for now.

posted 14 years ago by spoogotzz80
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I just saw it last night in the city and my views on it were rather positive since being better then most amateur filmmakers trying to do an in-depth black metal documentary about the second wave. Although I whould'nt go as far as calling it outstanding cause it has it's share of flaws. I whould compare this with the Once Upon a Time in Norway documentary but with some amusing aspects. Murder Music: A History of Black Metal is also another good one that accounts the beginnings of the first wave and on.

[–] DogtownGirl 14 years ago

You appear to be more knowledgeable about this "art" form, than am I.

I am going into seeing this film with eyes wide open, prepped to learn even a little bit about what I know nothing ...

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[–] qbsean10 14 years ago

Hope you enjoyed it. Until the Light Takes Us serves as a really basic overview of the Norwegian black metal scene, but there's so much more to the genre that the film doesn't even mention, not the least of which includes the French black metal scene and Les Légions Noires. The book Lords of Chaos is a much better overview, in my opinion.

[–] DogtownGirl 14 years ago

qbsean,

Oh, I loved seeing the film. My cinema was packed to the rafters, by the way. Lots of Metal fans, of all genres here in Seattle. I especially loved the hilarious interview with Heronymous (Was that his name? The one with the really long hair, who was on the phone to some promoter in Germany, I think. I saw this awhile ago, so I have forgotten), and the other band-mates. Very dryly-humored and fluent in English they were, too. That is to say they knew English far better than I know Norwegian .

Try not to gossip about who / what you don't know. Words are just cruelly speculative.

[–] MartinP666 13 years ago

It was Fenriz, and I think he was doing a phone interview.

[–] yorktom58 13 years ago

Lords of Chaos is full of crap. It's a sensationalist book for third wave posers.

[–] Siamois 8 years ago

posers

Lol.

[–] Replicant_0376957 14 years ago

I`m a big black metal fan and found it to be pretty mediocre and nothing new. The most entertaining parts were the interviews with Varg and Hellhammer, as I haven't seen too many interviews with them, and was surprised Varg had such a big role and seemed pretty supportive of the project. And he just seems pretty fun (especially: "Dead dead in the bed" and the X-Files reference). The movie itself was trying way too hard, and I hated that artist with the douchey art expos.

My recommendation: go find a copy of the book Lords of Chaos and read that instead.

[–] tennissko 13 years ago

You're a "big black metal fan", yet you recommend Lords of Chaos? Huh, weird.

[–] aocid 13 years ago

" but it's the best you'll get for now."

Wrong. You want to see a quality documentary about the whole Norwegian drama? Check out "Once Upon a Time in Norway".

You're welcomed.

[–] Durden77 12 years ago

And/or Satan rir media (Satan Rides the Media) - not listed on imdb for some reason, but the whole movie is found on youtube in 4 parts. Interviews with the police, journalists (specifically, the journalist interviewing Varg Vikernes when he 'outed' the black metal scene regarding the norwegian church burnings), Varg Vikernes himself and other members of the black metal scene 'in hindsight'.

It paints a picture of the black metal scene as we know it today as being a result of sensationalist journalism in co-op with the crimes that were done in the early 90s.

How matter of fact is it? Well, the journalist who interviewed Vikernes tried to make people boycott the movie by giving it a thumbs down in his own paper the same day it was to be shown on norwegian national tv. Probably because he understood that the media was being more or less held responsible for the copycats who burned churches and who actually performed satanic rituals in the wake of Vikernes' incarceration.

Sticking feathers up your butt does not make you a chicken.

[–] spoogotzz80 9 years ago

If you read, then you would see that I mentioned Once Upon a Time in Norway being a better documentary. Only reason I put it 2nd is cause it's all in Norwegian. Keeping up with the subtitles can lose it's flow of the documentary when you're an american.

[–] yehaww 12 years ago

It's an interesting story, but I can't help but feel a little turned off. Everyone seems pissed off that their music was ripped off and commercialized. It seems to me that similar music existed before them and was done better after them. And why all the fuss over the corpsepaint? Wasn't Alice Cooper doing that *beep* in the 70's? KISS? Move on already.

And they are all so nonchalant about everything. Their friend blows his brains out, "Hey I'll take a picture and make necklaces out of his skull fragments!", Killing a gay guy in the park, "SWEET! Mad props, my friend!". All the stories are told with a smile and zero remorse for their idiotic behavior. What's to like about any of them?

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