Should you watch Until the Light Takes Us?
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Until the Light Takes Us
Documentary · 2008
Chronicles 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 film to truly shed light on a movement that has heretofore been shrouded by rumor and obscured by inaccurate and shallow depictions. Featuring exclusive interviews with the musicians themselves, Until the Light Takes Us explores every aspect of the controversial movement that has captured the attention of the world.
The sides of Until the Light Takes Us
- Norwegian black metal in the early 1990s
- Church burnings and a murder
- Musicians interviewed years later, one of them in prison
Until the Light Takes Us is good for you if…
- you want to understand where Norwegian black metal came from.
- you're drawn to the true story of the church fires and the killing behind the scene.
- you'd rather hear the musicians themselves than the rumours.
Until the Light Takes Us is bad for you if…
- you can't sit with a real murder told by the people involved.
- you want a warm music documentary, not a cold and dark one.
About: subculture · violence · identity · notoriety
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