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April 1977 (USA) morePlot:
Filmmaker Barbet Schroeder explores themes of sexual freedom, mind alteration, and pursuit of paradise against the backdrop of an early 70's encounter with the Mapuga rain forest tribe in upland New Guinea. full summary | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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Slow-paced, mysterious and ultimately engrossing moreCast
(Credited cast) | Jérôme Beauvarlet | ... | Yann |
| Monique Giraudy | ... | Monique |
| Michael Gothard | ... | Olivier |
| Jean-Pierre Kalfon | ... | Gaetan |
| Valérie Lagrange | ... | Hermine |
| Bulle Ogier | ... | Viviane |
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The soundtrack to this film was released as the Pink Floyd album "Obscured By Clouds". moreSoundtrack:
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Without giving too much away, this is an intellectual road trip movie with a documentary atmosphere in many scenes. It is somewhat muddled for the first 15 minutes, but then you can really get into it (if you're ever going to). It relies on atmosphere more than plot, but it did have a clear meaning to me. Overall it's fairly sobering and I can't say it will leave you happy.
I didn't see this as a "hippie" film, rather a commentary on the human condition. One oddity was the interspersing of French subtitled dialog with segments of non-dubbed English. The scenery was very lush and I don't think a second of the film was shot in a studio.
People who didn't like this are probably in the short-attention-span crowd. I don't think this film has anything to do with being a Floyd fan. The music is mostly in the background and doesn't quite fit what you're watching anyway. Any number of low-key instrumental soundtracks may have made more sense. It really doesn't need music at all, except for the tribal chants. Only a few songs from the Floyd CD were apparent, but I know why they called the album "Obscured By Clouds."