TRAILER FOR “UNTIL THE LIGHT TAKES US”
Tuesday, October 27th, 2009 at 10:30am by Axl RosenbergWe’ve been hearing about “Until the Light Takes Us,” a documentary about the incarnation of black metal, for a long while now – but there’s finally a trailer and a theatrical release schedule.
And I gotta say, based on the trailer at least, the movie looks pretty amazing. Even if you don’t like black metal, there’s no denying that the story is fascinating; a bunch of kids basically set out to make the most extreme, theatrical music possible, and then took their little game of make-believe wwwaaaayyyy too far.
Actually, maybe you don’t find it fascinating. Maybe you just think these dudes are dicks.
ANYWAY, watch the trailer below (you can watch in high def here); there’s also a whole bunch of clips on YouTube. And if you go to the movie’s official website, you can see when/if it will be opening in your town. It looks like it starts rolling out in November.
-AR
Thanks to everyone who e-mailed us about this.
Oddly enough I’m more intrigued to see how much they fuck up the entire story in the movie starring some guy from Twilight that I heard was going to be made. I’ve seen and read enough about the historic facts behind the “movement” so I’d like to see Hollywood take a stab. Lord knows they did a fantastic job with “Rock Star”…one of the finest gems ever to grace the silver screen. Mark Wahlberg is SO FUCKING METAL. And Zakk Wyldes Oscar caliber acting…who could forget that?
Lords Of Chaos I believe is the name of the movie starring that little shit from the Twilight series.
Lords of Chaos is also the book by Moynihan/Soderlind. It’s a decent read, particularly the first half of the book. Not so much the second half, which is largely about Varg – who’s a dumbass with a pile of steaming nonsense philosophies we should all ignore.
never bothered going to burzum.org have you? can’t say i blame you after reading Moynihan/Soderlind’s little work of fiction. yeah, it was an interesting read, but still about 90% bullshit. especially the parts dealing with Varg and the so-called “black metal inner circle.”
Varg’s thoughts on the book: the authors have no “insight into or even good knowledge about the subjects discussed and.. don’t understand one bit what Black Metal was about on 1991 and 1992″ and that they “have managed to fill the heads of a generation of metal fans with lies.” (From the referenced Burzum.org review)
http://www.burzum.org/eng/library/lords_of_chaos_review.shtml
I have read just about all Varg has to say on burzum.org…and he really is full of shit. i thought some of his views were very interesting, but when you go so far as to compare different races to computers with better/weaker components then you know the guy’s philosophy is BS. With all due respect to Varg’s musical contribution, he is not worth the attention of freethinking and intelligent individuals…unless of course you are into exercising antisemitism..then varg is right up your alley.
Yeah, exactly. Varg’s a racist nazi who’s time in the spotlight is (or was?) over. I don’t think I’d agree that Lords of Chaos was 90% bullshit at all. The facts seem pretty much black (!) and white and agreed on. Varg’s crap is just one person’s warped take on it. Is he manical? Sure. Genius? No way.
“Vikernes served his sentence in Oslo, Ringerike, Trondheim and Tromsø, where for the last couple years he has been in a so-called open prison. During these years he has been linked to neo-Nazi and racist groups.
— I have never founded or been a member of such organizations. The only organization I am member of, is Riksmålsforbundet (Organization to preserve Riksmål as a written standard of Norwegian language).”
— Are you racist?
— Yes. But I hate no one. Hate is irrational. I am a rational person.
— Are you proud?
— Yes!
— Do you understand that people are afraid of you?
— I understand that from the basis of representation in the media. ”
just a few interesting things i pulled from and interview, with a post-prison Varg.
* just a few interesting things i pulled AN interview, with a post-prison Varg.
^ fuck it…lol should of just left it alone the first time. you know what i was trying to say though.
Just the thought of a bunch of “kvlt” douchebags all painted up at the movie theater ordering tr00 popcorn just makes me laugh.
“THE SCREEN ISN’T GRIM AND FROSTBITTEN ENOUGH!!!!!!”
Everything has been pretty much said in this documentary made a few years ago : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4U33U_UyzQ.
This looks pretty cool. There was a 6 part doc on youtube about Gaahl that was pretty interesting too.
Great set of videos, here’s a link for anyone interested:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4U33U_UyzQ
aint it cool had a review up and it sounds like an interesting watch.
Even though I’ve read articles and watched other docs about the rise of Black Metal I still want to see this…looks good.
i’ve seen it and it’s pretty great. fuck the “kvlt” thing, it’s just a great telling of the stories by the people who lived it. even if you are not the biggest black metal fan, it’s a good music documentary.
what song is playing near the end of the trailer? shit rules
“dunkelheit” by burzum.
will definately watch
I wonder if this one will end up showing in my local indie/art/documentary film theater. I would definitely show up for that.
Amazing film. Do not miss this if it’s showing near you. Without revealing anything, Varg has some priceless quotes.
I saw a screening of this last Halloween (with my parents, no less!) and was unimpressed. It’s made by folks outside the black metal circle and definitely has the feel of an anthropological study and arthouse mood piece than a serious inquiry into why this music was made. It could have been a serious music itself for an audience of filmgoers that have no sense of why this music is important or interesting beyond the sensational early history. Admittedly there are some amazing and oft-times hilarious interviews with the dudes from Darkthrone, Immortal, Satyricon, Ulver etc, and of course the bits with Varg are pretty eye-opening. Fenriz and Frost emerge as two fascinating personalities. But this is a documentary, not an oral history, and it did a pretty piss-poor job of putting these personalities in their contexts. It says a lot that there is almost zero black metal in the whole doc. It’s more minimalist ambient electronic soundscapes.
Agreed, 100%.
I was hoping someone else would think the same.
I saw it at the Boston screening a month or so back, and for the most part found it as basic knowledge of any fan of black metal.
It bothered me that the directors were two indie arts people, who approached the subject initially because of the shock factor, and wanted to bring it into mainstream culture.
I’d say it’s great for the surface level, or for anyone completely unfamiliar with the scene.
I thought it was interesting that, for instance, for the Euronymous murder they neglected to mention he was stabbed 26 times….
All this criticism aside, I’d highly recommend seeing it, as Fenriz steals the documentary.
He’s truly a fascinating person, I could hear him talk for hours without getting bored…
This looks incredible.
This movie already played in San Francisco for awhile. Don’t get your hopes up. It was fucking horrible. And I’m a sucker for metal documentaries. Just REALLY poorly put together. If you want to see a good metal doc, go rent ‘Global Metal’. 1000 times better. Just sayin.
I’m excited; I’ve been waiting for this for a few years now. I’m glad its a documentary and not some done up movie depicting this shit.
No Chicago dates = me sad