I actually couldn't revisit this film for over ten years because it ruined my childhood so hard.

Of course, the rewatch (which only happened last year) was nothing like the first time - it wasn't as scary, as well made, or even serious as I remembered. That's fair. It happens. BUT I thought that it's a film that didn't age like milk (huge asterisk there), and that there are more clever tricks up its sleeve than I realized initially, especially when it comes to the 'lighting'.

Today, we're going to talk about Paul W.S. Anderson's forgotten gem, Event Horizon (1997), how it uses different premises and techniques to build and maintain tension, and why it is STILL a disturbing film.

Watch great cinema and other hidden gems like Event Horizon on MUBI! Also, Fatih Akin's THE GOLDEN GLOVE is now showing on MUBI in many countries. Get a whole month free of MUBI now at http://mubi.com/spikimamovies

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Timestamp
0:00 Introduction
2:18 Atmosphere & Design
4:33 Narrative Premise
5:31 Gore
7:33 Lighting & Color
10:43 Surgical
12:28 Umbilicus
13:41 Thank You

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Extra Credits:

On Event Horizon’s production nightmare:
https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/hellish-...

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“Hard Boiled” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Requiem in D minor, K. 626 - I. Introitus and II. Kyrie (For Voices and Recorder Ensemble - Papalin) is under Attribution 3.0 (unported) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...) and is downloaded from https://musopen.org/music/