Why do we live? Why are we watching a movie? Pleasure, it lasts a few seconds, and then becomes very sad and lonely. Lots of questions in my head, they will never go away. We're kids, we're curious, where do children come from? We'll get answers and then we'll ask questions again. And then love comes, no, it bursts into your life and...
Why would the protagonist live? Love betrayed him, if love betrayed me, I did the same as he did, I started killing myself. Sometimes we run away to the “Overseas”, but the main character will not do this. Why would he want to go to the "Overseas" when there is no love there either. It tells a story I will never remember. I watched this movie very carefully, I never remember how the story ended. Because I was looking at something else.
My God! I don't understand cinema. I'll never understand him. I thought I was watching a movie about one thing, then I was watching another. Then, the director of this film, Tarsem Singh, told me what the film was about. I just opened my mouth in surprise and Charlie flashed on the screen. Everything fell into place, I knew what I was watching the movie about. I don't believe it's him...
I panicked and rushed to stop the film, rewind it, and I was a hundred percent sure I had seen it. That was my Charlie Chaplin. Everyone was falling, everybody was crashing, and here's Buster Keaton, he got on the train without stuntmen, hold on Buster, don't fall. Oh, and Harold Lloyd showed up too, he could have died on set, don't die, I beg you. All the old comedians could die, they didn't have stuntmen. We can all die, we don't have them either. Tears burst from his eyes, and the main character sat alive. Well, how come everyone should die, and the main character was sitting alive. So it's not that bad, so he can save everyone but himself. Only one little girl can help him, and I believe she saw her hero. She just had to see him on the screen. Because we watch good stories.
So the “beyond” will always exist. I have never cried like this when I saw this movie. We live in a very difficult world, but leave early. You have to live for love, and true love will never leave you. A brilliant masterpiece.
Attention, Warning! If you, having seen the name "Overseas", are preparing for a fairy tale, you are unlikely to like the film. Although the landscapes and costumes of the heroes deserve the most colorful picture, their stories are dark and even cruel. Therefore, before viewing, pay attention to the original name - "The Fall".
In the center of the plot is not the story of five fictional characters and their adventures, but a difficult stage in the life of the narrator who fell as a result of performing a dangerous trick. The fairy tale is only a metaphor that reflects Roy's feelings, which by the end turn into real suffering.
Will the young man come up with a good ending for the heroes or will he never be able to rise?
A separate assessment deserves the atmosphere of the film, mainly created by the heroine-girl: her good games and naive interest in everything around make you believe in the best outcome. The film leaves behind a great desire to live.
I do not recommend the film to people under 16 years old: there are violent scenes in the film.
The rest of us will probably like it if we don’t think of it as Alice in Wonderland.
In 2007, at the Berlin Film Festival, Tarsem Singh received a special prize - the Crystal Bear - and was noted as the best feature film of the competition for youth Generation 14+. As you know, this film forum selects non-standard cinema.
The main plot of the "Beyond" is not standard. In the hospital, two heroes became friends: an adult stuntman and an impressionable five-year-old girl. A crippled stuntman tells her stories. Their heroes are representatives from different space-time strata: Black bandit, African slave, Indian sage, Italian revolutionary and naturalist Charles Darwin. And if for a child these are specific “good and evil uncles”, then for an adult they are primarily symbolic figures. And the outcome of their confrontation largely depends on his real fate.
The way stories of fairy tales are revealed, how they are repeatedly transformed, how they are intertwined with the life of a stuntman and a girl, is the main trump card of the film, which was shot in 26 corners of our planet, located in 18 countries of the world. The best wonders of the world are presented in this film: Charles Bridge in Prague, the Colosseum, the Taj Mahal, Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, the Lake Palace in Udaipur, the islands of Bali, etc.
The unique energy of each “place of power” first penetrates into the plot of the fairy tale, mixing different realities (historical, cinematic, fantasy) and endowing the space of the Beyond with magical possibilities. And then it begins to affect both the girl and the stuntman.
The film is in suspense until the last minute. Together with the main character, we believe in a fairy tale. But the fairy tale is largely not children's, designed for an audience of 16+.
The Beyond is like a medicine, a pill of hope that will help you look at the clouds with a smile. Even the translation of the original name of the tape sounds like a “fall” – from the English “The Fall”, and as if tells its viewer that the fall itself is quite normal, because after it there will be a rise. Director Tarsem Singh shot his work on contrasts, because gray and even black and white here actively differentiates with bright, even blinding the eyes of the viewer.
Any person should have some kind of defense mechanisms in their head against the final collapse of moods, life itself. So, before us for a long time, the scene is Los Angeles, just by the way, in one hospital is a Hollywood stuntman Roy (Lee Pace), who is unlikely to be able to stand on his feet again after his injuries, as well as a little cute girl Alexandria (Katinka Untaru), who fell from a tree and thereby damaged her hand. At one point, these two protagonists become the main assistants to each other.
On Roy, in addition to this injury and the inability to continue to work, there was also a break with his beloved girl, who turned away from him, not supporting him. As a result, prolonged depression and unwillingness to live. Alexandria gradually turns into the only attentive interlocutor to the young man, whom the former performer of stunts begins to tell an amazing fairy tale, painted in such a palette of bright colors that it is fitting to grasp the head from this variety of colors. They will never really cross in one place, but in this world invented by the guy, they are present, which is greatly facilitated by the operator Colin Watkinson, I want to constantly take a stop frame to save these screenshots for myself.
In this fantasy narrative, several brave characters coexist, for example, there is even Charles Darwin with a monkey, very reminiscent of Apu in Aladdin, and they all unite for one important goal - revenge on the antagonist Governor, and each has his own questions, personal claims. Roy uses his fantasy script, spontaneously appearing in his head, for another purpose - to force the girl to get him forbidden morphine, which will help him to go into eternal sleep.
Fantasies raging with catchy colors in the head, very much help people to survive the worst life periods, but only all of them (imaginations) use in their own way, another thing is that there is a vaccine against self-interest, which was in this work Snghha girl Alexandria, every time very funny rubbing nose, as well as building unimaginable grimaces, a great game of young Katinka Untaru. The beyond is something that is hidden and even sleeps very deep within each person, it only takes its own Alexandria to wake it up.
“The Fall” by Tarsem Singh is one of those films that sometimes just need to watch, diluting the surrounding everyday life. If it were necessary to make a list, then along with this picture, there would be, for example, “Big Fish” by Tim Burton, “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus” by Terry Gilliam, “The Labyrinth of the Faun” by Guillermo del Toro, etc., because all of them have one thing in common – hope.
For me, this film is about, in particular, that History is a reflection of the author, but at the same time something incomparably larger, created by its creator and created him in response.
History, which coexists in a strong connection with life, can save this very life. As here: a fairy tale told to a little girl, imperceptibly for the author turns from a method of manipulation into a kind of psychotherapy. Reality and fiction flow into each other, coexist on the edge.
The inclusion of a movie motif is very interesting from this point of view. This is another delightful space of fiction, which was able to shelter the hero, until then not even guessing, probably, how suitable he is for this profession - with his stormy, sometimes naive, but sincere imagination (so, by the way, in the fairy tale, some lack the professionalism of the plot, the methods of storytelling, but do not forget - this is just a story invented by a layman, and under these conditions it is good and correct).
After this film, I have a feeling that very few pictures give me – a sense of rightness.
Indian Tarsem Singh first became known due to the video for the song ' Losing My Religion' band ' R.E.M.' which is popular to this day, and in 1991 the video won six nominations at the annual awards ' MTV Video Music Awards'. In addition, Singh was engaged in the creation of commercials, working with the most famous brands in the world. But Tarsem did not leave alone thoughts about the conquest of cinematic peaks and for twelve years he hatched a plan to create fantasy ' Outside ', meanwhile, removing the thriller ' The Cell ' about immersion in the consciousness of a psychopathological maniac who was created with an individual video series, for which the picture received flattering reviews and in a critical environment, and the audience reacted well to the peculiar 'Cage' But still in 2006, the year ' long-term construction ' under the title ' Outside ' filmed in many countries, finally came out on screens.
According to Singh, the action begins in the hospital, where after a terrible injury lies stuntman Roy Walker. With nothing to do, he begins to compose a fairy tale for a little girl named Alexandria. From this point on, the scenes jump from the hospital to the fictional world for Alexandria, and back again. And in this fairy tale, several courageous people are fighting with an insidious villain and, naturally, people who are in or near the hospital become the personification of the main characters of the fairy tale. And from the nuances of their characters depends on how they will behave in the heroic saga, and there they are waiting for countless dangerous adventures and evil, merciless enemies. But even the veiling of the fairy tale does not hide from the viewer the fact that the crippled Roy Walker wants to die, indirectly calling for euthanasia. As well as his hero in the fairy tale nicknamed ' Black Bandit', going to the goal, as if specially testing every second of his life for strength, playing with death.
But the fairy tale, of course, is a fairy tale, even if it resembles a certain combination of legends from ' Thousand and One Nights', stories about Conan from Robert Irwin Howard and epics ' Mahabharata' and ' Ramayana' but the visual series ' Outside ' is a special moment that cannot be passed by. Tarsem Singh, being an Indian himself, who absorbed all the juices of his culture with his mother’s milk, could not help but bring mental peculiarities to the picture. Of course, this is somewhat surprising perception, creating an ambiguous opinion about what he saw, but on the other hand, it emphasizes and highlights the author’s approach with a characteristic ethnic detail. And if you imagine it even a little, then it is necessary to connect with this and perfectly executed editing, because ' Zabezye', I repeat alternates scenes of reality and fiction, and it is difficult to do so that the action did not look torn and unsaid, and each scene had a holistic presentation and comprehension. And it is a blessing that editor Robert Duffy has done his hard, sometimes ungrateful, but such an important job at such a high level.
By the way, even after Singh began to be recognized after the video and 'Cages', in 'Zazredie' there are no actors of the first magnitude. The main role of Roy Walker, he also ' Black Bandit' performed by Lee Pace, whose name is still known only to a narrow circle of spectators and fans of theaters. Maybe, of course, ahead of Pace are still waiting for unconquered peaks and the whole world will talk about him, but so far Pace has not gained much popularity, although the roles of two characters in ' Outside & #39; he played clearly diligently, realizing that this film can give a long-awaited trip to the big mainstream. But somehow, producers from major studios did not particularly note this unconditionally talented actor, he somehow did not pass under Hollywood standards by appearance and texture. Katinka Untaru played very well as Alexandria. This is not a polished and embellished with the best makeup and hairdressers girl, pushed by her parents to fame, which a priori means money. Katinka Untaru is a little fat, a little naive, but such a clean and kind girl, to watch which is a pleasure.
Yes, ' Beyond' is, of course, not ' a monster of the genre' type 'Potterians' or ' Lord of the Rings' but of course, this film has the right to exist, it is handed over interestingly and even if someone does not like it, it will definitely be remembered for its visual Hindu style, a multi-episodic saga within the framework of the tale told by the main character, and the eternal philosophical morality about life and death. And it seems that 'The Outside ' is still Tarsem Singh's best film.
We adults sometimes lack a fairy tale. As we get older, we believe less in them. Did your parents lie about the existence of Santa Claus? Yeah, no. We stop believing ourselves.
'Zazhdenie' - touching story of acquaintance in the hospital of a 5-year-old girl Alexandrigni, with a broken arm, and a young stuntman Roy, with a broken leg. The two souls have found each other for different reasons. Their communication takes place on the construction of a fairy-tale world, where Roy describes the life of a robber in a mask, and Alexanrinha tries to save him from broken love.
Between the characters there is a fantastic connection that saves everyone from unpleasant moments in real life. Perhaps you need to live some moments in the fairy tale, then it will be easier to look at the situation from the outside. Roy saw no way out of the situation (as we all think at first) and decided that his broken heart can only save eternal sleep, but little Alexandrinha, with her kind and open heart, helps change the end of the sad tale and, thereby, saves Roy in real life. Seems impossible. Are there no miracles in life?
The duet was excellent. Lee Pace and Katinki Untaru in the course of filming invented stories, which may have influenced the picture, as you immerse yourself with the characters in their colorful world. And for a while, the little actress believed in the paralysis of the actor.
' The Outside ' I'm very fond of my soul.
'- Why are you killing everyone? Why is everyone dying?
- This is my story.
- And mine too!'
It’s always harder to write positive reviews than negative ones, but I love this movie so much that I’ll try to do it.
Roy is a stuntman, he fell off a bridge, suffered a serious injury, is in hospital and cannot walk. In addition, he was abandoned by his beloved girl and completely crushed. In the hospital, he meets five-year-old Alexandria, the girl fell from a tree and broke her arm. She begins to tell her wonderful story of revenge and love. What would be a fairy tale if the storyteller is broken and does not even want to live? It's obviously pretty gloomy.
First, I want to mention the main characters. There's so much chemistry and warmth between them! You believe actors unconditionally, smile when they smile and cry when they cry. Little actress Katinka Untaru is incredibly cute and talented, I advise you to read materials about how the director and actors worked with the child, it is simply incredible.
Roy and Alexandria's dialogue is a separate song. You seem to have overheard a conversation between a child and an adult, no pretense. This is especially true when you watch the movie in the original. English is not native to Katinka and her difficulties with the language are absolutely real, naive misunderstanding and questions are true.
And of course, the visuals. When watching, I was absolutely delighted, I wanted to pause each frame and consider. 'The Outback' is one of the most beautiful films I've seen in my life. You can see how much energy and soul is invested in the film, how each frame, each movement is thought out.
All of the above gives us a wonderful ' Outside ', a film about the fall (not for nothing in the original it is called The Fall), despair, bitterness and salvation.
It is better to see once than to read a hundred reviews.
10 out of 10
General impression: We are the stories that we create, if everything is good in our life, at this stage, then the story is easy, positive, but sometimes a black strip comes, then the story crumbles, not such a rainbow morning, but it is worth sweetening the pill, as the clouds clear and everything will return to normal.
From the enticing synopsis, it becomes clear that before us the picture is not simple, a fantasy tale in combination with the real world creates an unusual narrative, the viewer is lost, where is the line between the world of real and magical dreams?
The whole plot is built on the emotions and experiences of the hero, in this case the narrator - Roy (Lee Pace), while in the hospital, he meets a little girl Alexandria (Katinka Untaru). The girl is bored and absorbed in the story of Roy, comes to him every day to listen to a fairy tale of adventure. Roy is an excellent storyteller, transferring Alexandria and us - the audience, he did not take into account one thing in the magical world, fairy tales should end well, otherwise sad.
In addition to the stories that Roy so interestingly weaves, we are shown a different reality. The girl misses her father, she herself does not notice how Roy becomes closer to her, and grabbing the tale of the Black Bandit, she herself took the main solo, trying on the role of her daughter. And Roy with a broken heart (his beloved turned away from him), begins to create a cruel fairy tale.
The visual component of the film is the strongest part, the filming took place in 26 corners of the planet, located in 18 countries. Incredibly beautiful views of nature capture your attention. But there's one BUT! In stylistics, this is a little secondary, in the distant 2000, a picture with J. Lo of the same director “Cage” (I love this film very much), there is also a different reality, but everything is cruel and psychedelic. So the feeling of "I've seen it before" never left me whenever I went into the fantasy world. But, of course, it is bright and dynamic, scenery, makeup, various locations are a separate art.
So what is imagination? This is the world of everyone, where fantasy walks and Tarsem Singh miraculously put a fairy tale into reality.
7 out of 10
A piercing tale about the interdependence of an adult and a child lying in a hospital in conditional Los Angeles during the time of silent cinema. One can argue which of the main characters has a more carefree life, and which is more difficult, because both of them with the same passion compose a story that leads them from hospital confinement not to the will, but to the land of miracles. As expected, fiction and reality affect each other, patients recover in the looking glass, saving laughter comes to the rescue when it becomes completely unbearable, and a gun hanging on the wall of sleep shoots in reality.
The film catches from the very first shots with the fantastic skill of the operator and clothes and landscapes unprecedented on earth. By the way, if you read the credits, it seems that the film crew did not visit only Antarctica.
But the story is good in itself, and not only the picture, and makes you remember Sallinger (' Bananafish is well caught', plus' The Man Who Laughed'), and Guillermo Del Toro (' Labyrinth of the Faun'), and Terry Guillam ('The Adventures of Baron Munchausen' and 'Tideland'). Makes you remember, but does not copy, but draws an independent plot about how we, adults, escape into childhood, when we can no longer and do not want to accept the traumatic reality. And it's about kids taking adult games at face value, because kids don't have immunity against our ways of making a fairy tale come true, which turns out to be a lie, without a hint. And all this was invented and filmed delightfully, uniquely beautiful!
Tharsem Singh's film is undeservedly overlooked by the public, although it has favorable criticism. Perhaps because in 2006, the theme of ‘Loneliness in the Crowd’ had not yet become so painfully relevant, so films about superheroes, racism and diverse minorities scored higher ratings. All the more worth seeing ' Outside ' now, in a chamber atmosphere, enjoying not so much the acting game as the strong plot and ghostly beauty of each frame.
10 out of 10
“Overland” is a rather tough film that very honestly shows us the realities of the lives of people such as the main character, stuntman Roy who received a serious injury on the set and little Alexandria broke her hand at work on a plantation. Two lost people with broken hearts who lack love and faith in miracles.
Throughout the film, we see a clear development of two characters. Lee Pace as Roy with his charming appearance gradually reveals his second self - a desperate man who is capable of cruel manipulation. And a girl who gives sincere love to a stranger and who is ready to do anything to stay with him longer.
Amazing phantasmagoria is interspersed with reality, the viewer sees how the images surrounding the child (or adult?) are transformed into a fairy tale and vice versa, and how all this affects the two heroes who ended up in the hospital.
Everything in this movie is strange, and everything is harmonious. From the usual “hospital” story, we gradually come to a real drama that reveals to the viewer, like a child, the truth about the world. And the child in turn teaches us adults to believe in the best.
“Overseas” is a colorful and deep film that looks in one breath.
The beauty and absurdity of modernity against fascinating and wise fairy tales
When I tune in to a fairy tale, I expect saturated colors, bright contrasting colors, a fascinating plot, which is fascinating with its travels, adventures and uncertainty, I also expect tears of joy and as usual, sadness. I want to laugh, to be inspired, to be surprised, to be frightened and to be empathetic, to be a child and a sage. I expect colorful characters, magic and wonders, old houses and green meadows, full immersion and a special, magical mood before, during and after watching.
Outside is a masterpiece of colors. That's it.
It was such a concept, the trick - to make a fairy tale that only looks like a fairy tale. A courageous decision with the effort they have instilled in beauty. If they trusted the good old fairy tale, it would be an amazing fairy tale, but they went a different way.
Now I will tell you how to create an uninteresting but beautiful fairy tale! We take the selfish desire to create a new vision in the genre, sculpt something out of an incomprehensible thing, add a bag of colors for an impression, a handful of boring actors without special education, the memory of the logic of the narrative dissipating in memory and, most importantly, the desire not to engage in the creation of a fairy tale, but to create a forced pull of the resulting impromptu on a crooked and disgusting something.
Imagine such boring conversations, which in reality could not even happen — so disinterested to communicate and especially to live life — simply impossible. So this is it. That's the whole movie. Boring strenuously fasten the absurdity of what is happening and discussed and, voila! We're ready to go!
The actors will give a head start on the incompetence of the Russian serial team. The meaning of the dialogue is completely crossed out. Although what could be the deep meaning of this “fairy tale” – just a banal narrative of 2 paragraphs, in the middle of listening to which, you would probably ask – “Why are you telling me all this?”, to which the author would press his lip. Just like history, no one would ever listen to it to the end - but a magical bag of colors created the illusion of a fairy tale.
I may be critical, but brother rabbits, try so hard at beauty and kill it all! I was sorry that the effect of “wow!” from the entertainment with each fragment of the film crumbles like sand through your fingers. Patience also waned and as a result, there was not a grain of either by the middle of the film.
Associatively recalled “Labyrinth of the Faun” and “Scary tales” on the saturation and contrast of colors, but those tales were not only beautiful, but also interesting, not boring, not absurd.
If you do not care about the plot and you like not to delve into the essence, but only pestrilo - be sure to go. If the meaning is still relevant, then try look at it.
I made an assessment for myself to rule out such rubbish. I recommend everyone else to get acquainted in order to comprehend the maximum beauty of colorfulness in the art of cinema and the ability for the sake of ego, to go on an experiment and risk killing your own masterpiece.
1 out of 10
The film is an amazing story about an unexpected intersection of fates, leading to real friendship, human kindness, struggle with oneself, as well as the injustice of our world, where a young guy loses the opportunity to live fully, and a little girl in her five years experienced so many shocks. The interweaving of cruel reality and fiction, which at the will of its creator becomes sometimes just as cruel, although with the help of boundless fantasy it has the opportunity to become brighter, creates one of the most powerful motivating films.
The plot may seem deceptively simple, especially the fictional part, but both the fairy tale and the reality were able to amazingly deeply reflect all the physical pain, pain of betrayal, loss, unwillingness to live, being crippled and not seeing (or not wanting to see) any prospects in the future. The picture is shot so that you begin to worry about the main characters, and even love them from the first appearance in the frame! Charming baby Alexandria fascinates with how she is full of vitality, and stuntman Roy now wants to hug and console, then give him a hug on the head, for selfish manipulations of suicide planning, in which he involved a naive child who is ready to do anything because of a sincere desire to help a friend.
I also want to praise the picture for the fact that you simply cannot remain indifferent to what is happening. For example, logic suggests that the hero is likely to remain alive, since his story is cut off and not yet told to the end, but you worry with all your heart, looking at something, afraid that it is Roy's corpse that is being taken out of the hospital. But what a fake joy you feel when you see that everything worked out!
In order to reliably describe the entire visual beauty of the film, you need to open the dictionary and search for the most sublime epithets, because “Overseas” is worthy of them. This movie reminds us how amazingly beautiful our home planet can be. During viewing, there is always a desire to pause the film to be able to at least a couple of seconds to admire the frame, which you want to put yourself somewhere on the screensaver.
“Overse” makes you feel the strongest emotions, rejoice and cry together with the characters, and most importantly believe that you will be able to overcome your problems, insignificant compared to the difficulties of the main character. It is painfully hurtful that such unique, strong, heartbreaking, bright films go unnoticed by most viewers, and soulless blockbusters collect billions at the box office.
10 out of 10
This story about a small man with a big heart and a faint-hearted adult once again confirms the old Buddhist truth: “The more experienced we are, the sadder; the more we desire, the more we suffer.”
The naivety of the girl, her natural love for life in all manifestations, not only heals others, but also helps her survive herself, despite the personal tragedy and heavy psychological drama she becomes a participant in.
The girl does not want to recover, not because she is waiting for almost slave labor at home - she knows no other life and is happy with this one, but only because she likes to live in the hospital, be an invisible witness to what is happening and listen to the fantastic stories of her strange new friend. And these stories are becoming more violent every day.
We see here a psychological drama built on well-played emotions, childhood tears and adult fears. The joy of life struggles with deep despair, while the hero tells his creepy story, the plots of which are taken from his recent past, he rethinks the present.
8 out of 10
Behind the incredible beauty and world that the director and his crew invented and embodied hides a story about the people who are behind all the tricks in cinema.
The director has created an incredible world. In it, together with the main character Roy and the brave Alexandra, we poison in search of Emperor Odius. A bloodthirsty tyrant ritually kills the brother of the protagonist, and revenge is the only way the hero moves on the path to purification. The adventures are joined by other victims, at the hands of Odius characters. They help the main character successfully go to his goal. The director for our trip visited many countries. Thanks to this, it was possible to convey beautiful landscapes and the atmosphere of life in which each of the plots develops. With incredible music, the director takes us on a very emotional journey.
A parallel story develops in the real world. The stuntman after parting with the actress makes a desperate stunt, the unsuccessful performance of which leads him to the hospital. There he meets the girl Alexandra, who, like him, is undergoing treatment. Helping each other, they form a friendship, thanks to which they go on this great and adventure-filled journey.
Director Tarsem Singh puts a third meaning into his picture. Such a large number of stories and travel shows the world of those who, acting in films, put themselves at risk. Emperor Odius and the fight against him requires full dedication. He can hide in a castle, hide on a secret island, ride a train, fly a plane. The desire to find and punish a tyrant, to free a princess, is the main energy that drives our heroes. Where there is risk, there are dangerous tricks. The viewer sees a beautiful picture and happy faces. But at what cost, since the era of black and white cinema, stuntmen have to perform dangerous tricks. On the screen remains the smile of the winner and only in the background, modestly stands the one who allows these expectations to come true.
Introducing such a large number of meanings, director Tarsem Singh offers the viewer not only to enjoy a beautiful picture, but also to see the faces of those who saved, risked, acted and will always look for the world of his “Beyond”.
8 out of 10
No words, only emotions... Or even a magic elixir for the soul!
It is impossible to miss the writing of a review of the film "Beyond". On the first view, the emotions were so overwhelming that I wanted to wait a little longer to be able to write something more or less clear. The word "masterpiece" has already become hackneyed, but not applying it to this film is a crime. Every moment, every frame, every plot twist is a work of art. And how beautiful this movie is, can not even tell in words. The film was shot in 18 countries with minimal use of special effects and the result on the face - "Overseas" turned out to be one of the most aesthetically amazing films. But, alas, its beauty is mixed with sadness and sadness.
The film tells about a little girl (Alexandria) by chance found herself in the hospital with a broken arm, here she meets a former stuntman (Roy), who received a serious injury during the filming of one of the episodes of the film - jumping from a bridge. Roy lost his job, his beloved betrayed him and the only thought overcomes his subconscious (it is not difficult to guess which). When he meets Alexandria, he tells her a fairy tale that includes some episodes from his life, people he met, and more. And thus, events from reality are intertwined with fiction and reflect its life path and subsequent intentions.
Sometimes the events in Beyond take an absurd turn, but we have to consider the fact that we are watching a young child’s imagination and its representation of Roy’s story. As already noted, the fairy tale is intertwined with the past and without any warning, we are pulled from surrealism into reality. But, nevertheless, sincerely worry about both fictional characters and real ones.
"The Outside" should be described as incredibly "delicious movie". This film is purely for the soul. During the viewing and even after some period after it, when remembering this masterpiece, the soul appears inexpressible lightness and harmony. And, despite the fact that the movie is more like a fairy tale, it is still an adult fairy tale, a fairy tale in which reality does not spare the viewer and demonstrates life as it is. The moment in which Roy watches a movie with his participation and the scene that made him a cripple, conveys the whole meaning of the film.
What is the meaning of the term? In my opinion, this movie is about struggle, struggle for life, struggle for your future and humility. And also about how sometimes young children, with their spontaneity and belief in the best, can change our idea of the world as a whole.
From the cast, first of all, I can note of course Lee Pace, because of which I, in fact, began watching the film. Oh, holy biscuits, what an inhumanly handsome man Lee is. And his chest, but at the same time soft voice, simply envelops the mind. I kept looking at him. Lee fascinates not only with his insanely charming appearance, but also with his unsurpassed acting talent. I consider him one of the most underrated actors. After all, thanks to his charisma, he is able only by his presence to chain the viewer to the screen. I admired the dialogue between Li and Katinka Untaru.
I have not experienced such bliss from writing a review in a long time. Usually, this feeling occurs after watching a brilliant film and the words seem to pour themselves. “The Beyond” occupies an honorable place in my heart and I will return to watching it more than once in order to plunge into this beautiful world of sadness and joy, defeat and victory, kindness and cruelty.
One of the most important advantages of the "Overseas", lies in the true love of cinema. The storyline tells us about a stuntman who is hospitalized due to an accident during filming, meets a girl who must save his soul, and all the wonderful fantasy is combined with the reality of what is happening. “The Outside,” or more correctly, “The Fall” by Tarsem Singh, is like a song that tells you about the adventures of the five wanderers, colored with all the colors of the rainbow, with a childish hope for a happy ending. A fairy tale that has within itself quite adult thoughts and raises the question of responsibility for the fate of those who help you get on your feet. There are no names of famous actors, but there is a strong dramaturgy, real feelings and clear meaning for everyone. And most importantly, it is impossible to break away from the picture, you can see with the naked eye, the efforts of the authors to create a real work of art, similar to paintings, the Renaissance. The filming took place in 26 corners of the planet, located in 18 countries. Think about it! What scale was taken! Just think about how great was the desire of the authors to create something unique. After watching, there is a pleasant, positive aftertaste that evokes thoughts about the continuation of life, this is the main idea of the whole film, to give you, it is all of you that want to live!
Personally, I just love this movie, until I lose consciousness.
The Fall is an outstanding film by Tarsem Singh with Lee Pace and little Katinka Untaru in the lead roles. The film received many admiring reviews and praise, as well as the award of the Berlin festival “Crystal Bear”.
Set in the mid-1940s, the film follows a five-year-old girl, Alexandria, from India, lying in a Los Angeles hospital because of a broken arm. There she meets a man named Roy, who, due to an injury during the performance of a stunt in the movie, can not feel his legs. Because of boredom or, perhaps, because of what he tells the girl the legend of Alexander the Great, and then promises to tell her a fairy tale. Every day, Alexandria visits a new friend in the room and listens to the story of five robber heroes sworn to take revenge on their common bloodthirsty enemy. The film is full of bright colors, beautiful landscapes and oriental atmosphere. Episodes, where the fairy tale is told, are shown as the main character imagines. In all the characters, she sees people she knows. Over time, the viewer notices how closely intertwined real life and fiction, cruel truth and fantasy. Taking advantage of Alexandria's friendship, Roy mines morphine because he wants to die. Will he continue to live?
This movie is one of a kind and no one will ever do that. There was a lot of effort and a lot of love for this film. The visual picture is striking. Filmed in 18 countries! According to the director, there is no special effect. Actors want to believe because they believe in what they do. It's a funny fact that Katinka Untaru thought for a while that Lee Pace couldn't walk. All dialogues are real and alive. Some people want to smile sincerely, while others shudder. This is not just a movie, this is a story about how something small can save a person’s soul, about the fact that you can find a way out of any situation and just go on with life, because there will always be someone who loves you.
“The Outside” is filled with magic, miracle and faith. It makes you think about a lot and at the same time immerses in childhood. The film consists of many small details that make it interesting, enjoyable and real. This is a beautiful art house where everything is true. It is definitely worth watching at any age, but everyone will find something different in it.
9 out of 10
This movie once struck me to the core. So talented to combine the purest surrealism, drama and the most beautiful fairy tale is simply an unthinkable luxury for a moviegoer.
However, Tarsem succeeded.
The plot seems to be unpretentious - a stuntman who badly injured his back and lost his bride wants to commit suicide. For what he tells a “fairy tale” to a 5-year-old hospital neighbor, in the hope that the child will steal morphine for him and he will be able to commit suicide.
The whole movie is how this girl sees his fairy tale. The story is rather crudely assembled. About robbers, kidnapped beauty, travel, pirates. But in her childhood consciousness, this wretched fairy tale turns into a luxurious sur-history intertwined with reality, assigning “roles” to others, etc.
Heroes get to the most beautiful places on the planet, as the child's imagination draws them, experience adventures and create fair revenge.
This film is from the category of movies that you have carefully kept for years. Revising and rethinking.
Separately, I would like to note the game of Lee Pace, who perfectly showed absolutely all the “personalities”, both real and invented by Alexandria. He is a robber, and a bandit, and a womanizer, and an avenger, and ... just an unhappy, broken man, thirsting for death and shaking with tears in his wheelchair.
10 out of 10
Immediately it should be said that this film is not quite in the genre of fantasy as everyone imagines it. This is more like a flight of thought and anyone who has ever written fairy tales to children before bedtime will understand this.
This film has many positive qualities, including drama, beauty, contrast and surrealism.
Dramatism. Over the course of the film, we see Roy, injured both physically and emotionally, attempt suicide several times. But Alexandria, unknowingly and even as his tool, saves Roy every time. Eventually, he abandons his obsession. This once again confirms the unwritten truth that friendship can save a life. And it does not matter in what circumstances and between what people it originated.
Beauty. When you first watch a movie, its colorfulness is amazing. As Lee Pace, who plays Roy and the Masked Bandit, said in an interview, the meaning of such almost surreal landscapes and locations is that Alexandria has never seen a movie in her life. After all, the action of the picture takes place at the very dawn of cinema. And if we now, reading a book or listening to history, imagine a picture, then it is somewhat reminiscent of the films that we have watched in our lives. But Alexandria had no such experience and in her childhood imagination she thinks much more freely and colorfully.
The contrast in this film is more than noticeable. Grey weekdays in the hospital are interspersed with a fairy tale and this tale becomes even more saturated. And the imagination of the girl gives us a connection between reality and fiction, because she fills the fairy tale with people she saw live. What are these mysterious silent guards of the main antagonist, like two drops similar to the vestment of an employee from the X-ray office of the 20s of the last century!
Separately, I want to say that Lee Pace and Katinka Untaru were just given a matchless game, for which I applaud them standing up! By the way, Lee was invited to “The Hobbit” because of this role, where, as a result, he played the king of the Elves Tranduil!
To summarize, I will say that at least once in my life the Outback is worth seeing. It doesn’t matter if you like the film or find it uninteresting (I can’t believe it, but the fact remains that there are people who did not appreciate Tarsem’s masterpiece), you will get aesthetic pleasure anyway!
10 out of 10
The affectionate main character Alexandria, who pleases the whole hospital and the viewer with her childhood innocence and spontaneity, encounters Roy - a man who received an injury, who made him, in his opinion, a cripple, who, in opposition to her, is too burdened with his problems.
In this relationship between a little girl and a grown man who longs to end his life, is the essence of this film.
And if first Roy helps Alexandria, occupying her with a fairy tale, through which, in fact, transmits all her experiences, then soon the girl becomes a necessary hero in a mask, sincerely wanting to help him.
This is my story.
"Mine too."
Beginning with a fairy tale that is simple and in some places really absurd, quite suitable for a child, Roy, as he delves into his own problems, makes the story more dark and terrifying. In fact, only Alexandria was able to correct this situation.
The images of the main characters and their demonstration are incredible. The actors, I think, really gave their all, and the filmmakers tried to do the most important thing – the psychology of the characters. It is thought out to the smallest detail. And, to be honest, this is the first film where the dialogue sounds so natural, where the child asks several times, instead of a verbal answer uses facial expressions and, in general, behaves like normal children in life.
The film left only the best impressions.
Although I don’t really like Indian cinema, I like the work of two independent directors of this nationality: Manoj Night Shyamalan and Tarsem Singh. And Tarsem may not have as many full-length directorial projects as his colleague Shyamalan, but do not doubt and underestimate him that this man is very talented and inventive. At Tarsem, I was able to see only two works, which were “War of the Gods: Immortals” and “Outside / Myself”, after which I wanted to learn more about the director’s creations. As a result, on the recommendation of my friend, the choice fell on his second full-length project called “The Outside”, which I want to talk about today.
Where do you think a desperate thug trying to save his brother, an African slave-liberator, an Italian revolutionary and bomber, an Indian whose love has died, as well as Charles Darwin, can gather in one place? Of course in fairy tales! It is such a fairy tale about how this company must overthrow their common enemy, Governor Odius, and tells a poor man in the hospital - a stuntman named Roy to his girlfriend in the misfortune of Alexandria. Every day Roy will tell one passage from a fairy tale, but that he would continue it, Alexandria must fulfill his little requests.
The film was directed by Tarsem Singh, who approached his second work very carefully. It’s not just about the quality of the film, it’s more about some concern for the project, because Singh is one of the names of people whose motto is “I will kill, but I will achieve.” He's not Tarsem Singh here, he's just Tarsem here - that's how he's signed in this film, where he's not just a director, but a writer and a producer. The film is very unusual and very beautiful, the story itself is told slowly, and the viewer is like a child ready to listen to it, no matter what nonsense the narrator carries. The film from the first minutes immerses the audience in the desired atmosphere of fairy tales and fantasies, where you want to drown, continue to listen. Very high-quality and diligent directorial work, bravo! 4 people worked on the script at once - Tarsem Singh, Dan Gilroy, Niko Sultanakis and Valerie Petrov - and I want to say that such an unusual scenario should be worked long and hard. Most likely, each was determined for a certain part (for example, Singh and Gilroy were responsible for the structure of the plot and the “structure” of the fairy tale itself, and Petrov and Sultanakis helped in terms of the plot, but came up with the idea of “reality”). Whatever it was, the script is very interesting, hard work for the writers (but certainly not for the director who knew how to shoot the project), where everything is painted on the dots from beginning to end. The very idea that the film carries is just as important and worth thinking about (I will not reveal all the cards, because I want the viewer to feel everything himself, and at the same time, perhaps, and discover something of his own). Well spelled out and what is happening, and most importantly feel the actors, because thanks to the structure of the fairy tale, we learn about the characters absolutely everything, and without hiding. We know their history, their weakness, but what unites them is their cohesion and resilience. Excellent high-quality script, where one of the main roles is played by the simplicity of the story. The cameraman Colin Watkinson works very brightly, highlighting just a fantastic game of colors created for the film - just look at the different color of the clothes of the main characters (green, yellow, black, etc.) or different landscapes (by the way, one of the deserts was in the debut "Cage"), surrounding heroes, where the desert turns into emerald grass, where the water is so pure and like the sky. Oh, of course, there is a contrast between black and white and color. The picture in the film is above all praise, she wants to be surprised, simultaneously immersed in the fairy tale told by Roy. Greatly emphasizes the created atmosphere and music from the composer Krishna Levi – excellent, sensual music awakens emotions and perfectly corresponds to the right moment. The composer easily manages to add not only his music, but also real classics (the film meets Beethoven's Symphony No. 7).
The cast was also carefully selected. You can immediately see that most of the budget went not to the actors, because in the film there are no Hollywood stars, and instead of them, novice actors were chosen. These include the main characters, which were performed by Lee Pace and Katinka Untaru. The actors play very confidently and naturally, without destroying the created atmosphere, but on the contrary, invite you to plunge into it and experience this interesting adventure in the place. The whole cast plays perfectly and I want to say thank you for their work, because in such pictures it is very difficult to play.
The film was liked not only by the audience, but also by critics, as well as the film managed to receive at the Berlin Film Festival the award “Crystal Bear – Special Mention – Best Feature Film of the Competition for Youth Generation 14+”, as well as a nomination for Saturn in the category “Best Young Actor / Actress (Katinka Untaru)”. Unfortunately, the film deserves much more.
Total:
"Overse" is just a fantastic film, with a very careful and talented direction by Tarsem Singh, unusual and interesting, bright work of the operator and composer, as well as natural play of the cast. I would like to recommend this film not only for the beauty of colors and not for the beautiful landscapes, but for the interesting presentation of the plot, as well as the idea that it carries. In any case, I did not regret my time and will gladly watch it again, and for those who have not seen this tape, I recommend watching at least once. Believe me, it's worth it.
Thank you for your attention and pleasant viewing!
P.S. I would like to express my gratitude to Denis Chernyavsky for recommending this creation!
There are good stories, and there are instructive ones. I'll probably take this fantasy as instructive. The director's idea is excellent, but not disclosed. Roy worked as a stuntman and, injured while performing a stunt, became disabled. He can't walk. He lies in the hospital in deep depression, and even more so, he was abandoned by a girl. A little girl accidentally wanders into his room, to whom Roy begins to tell a fairy tale.
The 2006 film, few people have heard of it, but it has a very high rating. But... I see this movie like this: this man, Roy, is depressed, broken, does not want to live, tries to end his life. But he's chained to bed, and he can't do it on his own. Here a naive little girl appears, to whom he begins to tell a fictional story, and the girl gets hooked on her, coming from day to day, for a chill. Roy, in exchange for a sequel, begins to manipulate the baby and asks her to constantly steal suicide pills, saying that he is not sleeping well and does not remember the end of the story. Sweet girl, steals pills for him a few times, but it's not enough, it's not the right pills. And one day the main character has a nervous breakdown. The girl thinks that he needs pills again, trying to get them falls and breaks his head hard. Trepanation. The girl came to her senses, Roy is sitting next to the bed, drunk and crying. I was waiting for something that would turn my mind. But no, a grown man, continued to tell a fairy tale to a girl, after such a serious injury and no less severe surgery, inventing on the move how all the heroes are killed. The child cries, asks to spare the heroes, but no Roy continues to kill them. Suddenly, the crying of a child taught him and the last hero he saved. Guys, why did he harass the girl? Why? And what's instructive is that when the little girl choked with tears to save someone. Yes, in the end it is said that Roy became a stuntman again and the girl kind of saved him. But what is the salvation that it crashed and he appreciated it? The idea is not disclosed.
Bottom line: I didn't like the movie. It's a beautiful story, it's all bright. I really liked the idea. But the director somewhere missed us. Or I was looking superficially. Too many positive reviews have misled me. But I didn't appreciate it. Sorry.
5 out of 10
I came across this film by accident, on one of the forums it was advised to watch. It says, “This is a movie that few people know about.” Really. I heard about him for the first time, told friends – no one ever heard of it. No way. The film, of course, is not designed for a mass audience, but it is beautiful and I would recommend everyone to at least try to watch it.
What does he do against other films? Well, first of all, of course, its picture, sometimes very fabulous, full of oriental beauty and entourage. Almost every frame can be cut and hung as a picture, it will be a full-fledged work of art. What I like is the way color solutions draw a line between gray, sad reality and a colored fairy-tale world.
I also really liked the acting. Of course, the whole film pulls Lee Pace, very beautiful, stately and sad. He was very suited to the image of Roy, you just start to believe him, feel sorry for him and worry about him. Katinka Untaru is also very good, I think it is very difficult to shoot small children. It is a pity that during the Russian dubbing her accent was lost, the way in the beginning she does not speak half English, I think it is important for the film.
As for the plot of the film, I agree, there is some illogicality, clumsiness, but this is due to the very direction of the narrative, because through this illogicality we see the state of Roy and Alexandria, we see how their relationship changes. I don’t know if that’s a plus for me.
Overall, it's a very cute, beautiful, slightly melancholic movie. Everyone should see it at least once, if only for its beauty. After the movie I want to live and travel.
One advice to the audience, when you start watching, do not be afraid of a somewhat drawn-out black and white introduction, the whole film is shot in a different style.
7 out of 10
Today you love someone and tomorrow you will kill them a thousand times.
Stuntman Roy is crippled and in the hospital he collects pieces of his body, which refused to walk, so that it will not be broken again. Stuntman Roy is crippled and betrayed by his heart, which refuses to love life, but he cannot be cured in any hospital. He's not going to wait for surgeries and discharge, and he's not worried about his fellow cripples saying it's just getting started. Roy is heartbroken, no one will help, he has already decided that there is no future for him. Suddenly, a little girl Alexandria comes to Roy, who loves stories. Naive perception of life clashed with an extreme degree of alienation from the world. Here the uniqueness of the narrative in this film opens, fading and absurd pre-suicidal fantasies are transformed in the imagination of the girl into the brightest fascinating picture.
You want to save my soul? You take care of me? Do you keep the medicine in the main building?
During the stories, Roy guessed the moment when he could ask a new friend for a “gang raid.” It's quite cynical, and Alexandria knows it's not good, but she's very keen to know the end of the story.
The film is full of references and symbols. I especially liked the butterfly symbolism. Alexandria paints Americana Exotic on her stomach and runs to Roy and sees a butterfly flitting herself. The butterfly is a beautiful, but short-lived and elusive image, symbolizing a certain ideal, a guiding star, new beginnings in life. Only with the subsequent spaciousness, I noticed the moment with the butterfly painted, and I could not immediately see some more nuances. This is very enjoyable when you manage to notice new details that have been missed before, which help the plot to unfold from new angles.
He did what no one had done before.
The stuntman amazes our imagination, while remaining behind the scenes. We only see his back and jump, takeoff, impact. Now few people will surprise even the most sophisticated tricks, and before someone forced people to faint when watching. Yes, the main character is beautiful and famous, and signs pictures of the ladies, but the heart stops only when the stuntman makes a jump from the bridge.
It's a phenomenal picture. A movie! For a long time I couldn’t bring myself to see anything, I didn’t like anything, everything was gray and boring, the same. And then Tarsem came and helped dispel the blues. His work is fascinating, inspiring, ready to revisit the Outside again and again. And then again.
Lee and Katinka, they created such touching and soulful images that I don’t want to let them go, I don’t want the film to end.
“Unless you turn and become like children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven.”
The film is portrayed as a young girl in a hospital listening to the story of a wounded stuntman. Reality, intertwined with fiction, parallel layering on the life story of the main character.
I also want to mention a girl whose game looks quite interesting. I find the comparison with The Lord of the Rings not quite correct, due to the fact that one thing is a fairy tale, here everything is somewhat deeper. The hero in the fairy tale once again experiences the ups and downs of his life. The girl, due to her age, who has not experienced many experiences and disorders in life, looks at the world with eyes wide open. Its solutions and answers are so simple and clear that it is surprising how adults did not think of it before.
At the same time, the growth of the girl, spiritually, by the end of the film is obvious.
Verdict: a good beautiful fairy tale, with a slightly sad aftertaste.
10 out of 10
It's a beautiful movie! One of the best I've ever seen! Singh, as a director, has one significant advantage - to draw with images. At first glance, it seems that this is the usual story of a little girl and a stuntman who were brought together by an incident in a hospital. But stop taking everything literally, and before you will open a whole world in which all the stories belong to you.
As usual, a series of actions of the heroes is brought to the viewer’s judgment, with an explanation of the reasons for which a particular act was committed ... but how it was done! Singh gives the viewer carte blanche to interpret his picture, so from now on only you, dear viewer, decide what this film will be for you: an ordinary story or a fantastic work with the most real feelings in the world.
Separately, it should be noted the game of two main characters - Katinki Untaru and Lee Pace. Katinka is a charming young creature who causes so much affection for his play and sincerity that throughout the film does not let go of the desire to hug this wonderful child. As for Lee Pace, his performance here is amazing. This is a very talented actor, and I wish him as many similar roles as possible in such films, because he like no other disposes of himself and makes you feel the feelings of his character.
I bet this movie
The Life of Pi, The Labyrinth of the Faun, The Big Fish, The Fisherman King... More than one great film is made on the topic of psychological substitution. Finding themselves in an incredibly aggressive and unfriendly environment, the characters of the film create their “quiet harbor”, a place where the psyche can afford to relax and relieve tension. The fairytale world turns out to be nothing more than an inverter of sinister and gray reality.
By the way, this is exactly the picture of Tarsem Singh. The director colorfully paints us a mysterious fairy-tale country where great battles take place, while two real heroes lie in the hospital. Between a little girl and a young man, friendly relations are formed, cemented by real trials. The proximity of illness, death and infirmity is enhanced by the betrayal of loved ones. What to hide - our young hero suffers from the loss of a woman, or more precisely, from the wrong opinion about her character.
In two intertwined plots - fantasy and realistic - everything is simple and unequivocal. There is also a silicone element. In essence, we are talking about the states of the human psyche, the most powerful impulses that underlie everything that happens around us. There are neural reactions, and reactive states, and questions of religion. Where Guillermo del Toro goes into the labyrinths of archetypes, and Ang Lee tactfully pauses, Tarsem reveals visual beauty. However, the beauty is separate from the plot, more staged than natural. And this is a large beautiful colorful clip, claiming to comprehend philosophical matters. I just didn't believe it.