Until the Light Takes Us
Dir. Aaron Aites and Audrey Ewell, English, 2008
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Fri 25 June 2010 // 19:30
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"Absorbing" – New York Times
"Crafty and compelling" – Salon.com
“An expertly made, gripping, disturbing and fascinating film” – Empire
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.
RELEASE DETAILS
A sleeper hit on its North American theatrical release, Until The Light Takes Us premiered in the UK at the Raindance festival and won Best Documentary at the prestigious Athens International Film Festival.
It is on platform release in the UK, starting in Cardiff on March 19 before opening in several cities nationwide (details below).
Due to popular demand – with public requests for screenings coming thick and fast through social networking sites facebook and twitter – details of its dynamic release are constantly being updated at:
http://www.destroywhatboresyouonsight.co.uk/
UNTIL THE LIGHT TAKES US
FEATURING:
Gylve “Fenriz” Nagell, Varg “Count Grishnackh” Vikernes, Jan Axel “Hellhammer” Blomberg, Kjetil “Frost” Haraldstad, Olve “Abbath” Eikemo, Harald “Demonaz” Nævdal, Bjarne Melgaard, Harmony Korine
WITH MUSIC FROM:
Darkthrone, Mayhem, Burzum, Ulver, Thorns, Gorgoroth, Enslaved, Boards of Canada, Black Dice, Sunn 0))), Múm, Lesser
WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY:
Aaron Aites & Audrey Ewell
RUNNING TIME:
93 minutes/Digital/Not Rated (contains language and graphic images, not suitable for under 15s)
RELEASE DATE:
Birmingham: 24 March London: 27 March Glasgow: 23 April
Derby: 30 April Leicester 7 May Leeds 8 May Bristol 13 May Manchester 20 May
Cardiff 21 May Newcastle 25 June
**The Newcastle run is a special two-day screening event 25-26 June**
Star and Shadow Cinema
Stepney Bank
Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 2NP
info@starandshadow.org.uk
http://www.starandshadow.org.uk/
"Crafty and compelling" – Salon.com
“An expertly made, gripping, disturbing and fascinating film” – Empire
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.
RELEASE DETAILS
A sleeper hit on its North American theatrical release, Until The Light Takes Us premiered in the UK at the Raindance festival and won Best Documentary at the prestigious Athens International Film Festival.
It is on platform release in the UK, starting in Cardiff on March 19 before opening in several cities nationwide (details below).
Due to popular demand – with public requests for screenings coming thick and fast through social networking sites facebook and twitter – details of its dynamic release are constantly being updated at:
http://www.destroywhatboresyouonsight.co.uk/
UNTIL THE LIGHT TAKES US
FEATURING:
Gylve “Fenriz” Nagell, Varg “Count Grishnackh” Vikernes, Jan Axel “Hellhammer” Blomberg, Kjetil “Frost” Haraldstad, Olve “Abbath” Eikemo, Harald “Demonaz” Nævdal, Bjarne Melgaard, Harmony Korine
WITH MUSIC FROM:
Darkthrone, Mayhem, Burzum, Ulver, Thorns, Gorgoroth, Enslaved, Boards of Canada, Black Dice, Sunn 0))), Múm, Lesser
WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY:
Aaron Aites & Audrey Ewell
RUNNING TIME:
93 minutes/Digital/Not Rated (contains language and graphic images, not suitable for under 15s)
RELEASE DATE:
Birmingham: 24 March London: 27 March Glasgow: 23 April
Derby: 30 April Leicester 7 May Leeds 8 May Bristol 13 May Manchester 20 May
Cardiff 21 May Newcastle 25 June
**The Newcastle run is a special two-day screening event 25-26 June**
Star and Shadow Cinema
Stepney Bank
Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 2NP
info@starandshadow.org.uk
http://www.starandshadow.org.uk/