Beyond the Black Rainbow (2010)

A Canadian science fiction directed by Panos Cosmatos.
A crazy man is keeping a girl in his strange building.
This was interesting to look at, but totally incoherent. This made the hour 45 duration seem to last forever and a half. The plot only approaches clarity at the very end. The characters were very odd to say the least. This was actually a good thing because normal characters would have seemed out of place. The dialogue was cryptic and acting mostly involved people being in the right position to make it look psychedelic. The sets and costumes were amazing and arty. Like I said, it looked good. The camera-work was part of it looking good. I think that the main thing done right in this department was shot composition. The red look did not do it any favors, but everything else was fine. There were some special effects of various types throughout, mostly physical and camera-oriented. In audio, the dialogue was mixed way too low and the music way too high. The metalheads drinking beer at the end are listening to "Angel Dust" by Venom. For such bold and expressive style, it seemed like it should have a better plot. Other critics mostly give it failing grades, but some thought it looked cool enough for a B+. I agree with Tony Norman of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette who called it "all ambiance and no substance". I give this one of those weird pink ratings for this reason.