UNTIL THE LIGHT TAKES US
"UNTIL THE LIGHT TAKES US" - UK Theatrical Release
A documentary described by EMPIRE as “an expertly made, gripping, disturbing and fascinating film”, it tells the outrageous, disturbing but curiously moving story of ‘Black Metal' music – a cultural movement that shocked the world with its suicides, church burnings and murders."UNTIL THE LIGHT TAKES US" opens across the UK from March 19.
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A tale of murder, music, burning churches and media manipulation, "UNTIL THE LIGHT TAKES US" is unlike anything you have ever seen before.
It tells the story of the sometimes dangerous, sometimes misunderstood, certainly outrageous musicians who define Norway's ‘Black Metal' scene – a cultural movement that rose to worldwide notoriety in the 1990s, with lurid stories of Satanic rituals, suicide and murder.
‘Black Metal' would forever redefine heavy metal, but the truth behind it has wider implications – it tells us about a culture in crisis, desperate youth and just how far people will go for what they believe.
American writer/directors Aaron Aites and Audrey Ewell moved to Norway and lived with Black Metal musicians for several years in order to create this intimate, shocking and ultimately moving portrait of the troubled men who blazed a path of murder, fire and fear across the northern sky.
Synopsis : Until the Light Takes Us is a feature length documentary chronicling the history, ideology and aesthetic of Norwegian black metal - a musical subculture infamous as much for a series of murders and church arsons as it is for its unique musical and visual aesthetics. This is the first (and only) film to truly shed light on a movement that has heretofore been shrouded in darkness and rumor and obscured by inaccurate and shallow depictions. Featuring exclusive interviews and verité with the musicians, a wealth of rare, seldom seen footage from the "Inner Circle"s earliest days, Until the Light Takes Us explores every aspect of the controversial movement that has captured the attention of the world. This is the movie that gets inside the minds and hearts of black metal's musicians. The filmmakers moved to Norway, living and filming there for two years. The movie is not about them though - it's about the extraordinary people and events that make black metal unique, unforgettable, and inevitable. This is black metal as seen through the eyes of those who created it, of those who live it, of those who are at the center of the story of black metal. Featuring: Gylve "Fenriz" Nagell, Varg Vikernes, Jan Axel "Hellhammer" Blomberg, Kjetil "Frost" Haraldstad, Ivar Bjornson, Abbath and Demonaz Doom Occulta, Kris "Garm" Rygg, Bjarne Melgaard, Harmony Korine, and more. The film, shot on 35 mm and dv, is directed and produced by Audrey Ewell and Aaron Aites. It is currently being edited in New York.
US Release : 2010-10-29
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