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La Vallée

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: FOREVER YOUNG
Review: THE FIRST TIME I SAW ''LA VALLEE'' WAS IN 1969.AS A TEENAGER THE MOVIE INFLUENCED MY WHOLE LIFE.I WAS LOOKING FOR A VALLEY TOO,MAYBE I 'LL FIND IT ONE DAY. BARBET SCHROEDER IS A GREAT DIRECTOR,GIVING A LOT OF FREEDOM TO HIS ACTORS WHO PLAYS IN A GREAT NATURAL WAY,AS IF THEY REALLY WERE LOOKING FOR THIS VALLEY. THE STORY IS LOVELY ,THE LOCATION IS A KIND OF PARADISE,THE ACTORS ARE TRUTHFULL.GO FOR IT ,GO AND LOOK FOR THE VALLEY,AS WE ALL ARE LOOKING FOR OUR OWN VALLEY.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Just buy the album...
Review: Watching "The Valley" is a tedious chore. Pink Floyd's soundtrack is wonderful, of course, and was responsible for my desire to see this film. A collector of rare bird feathers gets hold of a specimen from the "bird of paradise" that lives in a valley in New Guinea that is always "obscured by clouds" (the name of the Floyd album). This valley is supposed to be paradise, and its geography is unknown, since no one has ever returned.

Most of the movie consists of the journey to this obscured valley. Along the way the characters ingest some native tree-sap hallucinogen and watch some indigenous folks slaughter a boar. They inexplicably carry blankets in a cooler. They espy the valley in the distance and then the movie ends.

I watched this movie with about six other people, and when the movie was over I was the only person still awake. My advice is to simply listen to the soundtrack, ingest some native hallucinogen if you are so inclined, and watch your own movie that will be immeasurably more interesting than this.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Just buy the album...
Review: Watching "The Valley" is a tedious chore. Pink Floyd's soundtrack is wonderful, of course, and was responsible for my desire to see this film. A collector of rare bird feathers gets hold of a specimen from the "bird of paradise" that lives in a valley in New Guinea that is always "obscured by clouds" (the name of the Floyd album). This valley is supposed to be paradise, and its geography is unknown, since no one has ever returned.

Most of the movie consists of the journey to this obscured valley. Along the way the characters ingest some native tree-sap hallucinogen and watch some indigenous folks slaughter a boar. They inexplicably carry blankets in a cooler. They espy the valley in the distance and then the movie ends.

I watched this movie with about six other people, and when the movie was over I was the only person still awake. My advice is to simply listen to the soundtrack, ingest some native hallucinogen if you are so inclined, and watch your own movie that will be immeasurably more interesting than this.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Just buy the album...
Review: Watching "The Valley" is a tedious chore. Pink Floyd's soundtrack is wonderful, of course, and was responsible for my desire to see this film. A collector of rare bird feathers gets hold of a specimen from the "bird of paradise" that lives in a valley in New Guinea that is always "obscured by clouds" (the name of the Floyd album). This valley is supposed to be paradise, and its geography is unknown, since no one has ever returned.

Most of the movie consists of the journey to this obscured valley. Along the way the characters ingest some native tree-sap hallucinogen and watch some indigenous folks slaughter a boar. They inexplicably carry blankets in a cooler. They espy the valley in the distance and then the movie ends.

I watched this movie with about six other people, and when the movie was over I was the only person still awake. My advice is to simply listen to the soundtrack, ingest some native hallucinogen if you are so inclined, and watch your own movie that will be immeasurably more interesting than this.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: La Vallee - Great for the true Pink Floyd enthusiast
Review: Whelp, Ive waited a long time to see this movie. I am quite glad I own it and have seen it. It was not quite worth the 13 year wait to find a good copy, but it was a pleasure to watch. If you are buying this as a Floyd enthusiast, buy it. If you are looking for a good foreign flick, you might wanna check out other movies. The soundtrack by Pink Floyd is quite good and fittingly placed in the movie. The best example of this is of the opening credits. The valley "Obscured by Clouds" song leaves a longing for the truth of the valley. Good movie overall, but it was quite special to hear the Floyd in a different media. True Floyd fan?? Get it. If not, dont bother. Hope this helps.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: La Vallee - Great for the true Pink Floyd enthusiast
Review: Whelp, Ive waited a long time to see this movie. I am quite glad I own it and have seen it. It was not quite worth the 13 year wait to find a good copy, but it was a pleasure to watch. If you are buying this as a Floyd enthusiast, buy it. If you are looking for a good foreign flick, you might wanna check out other movies. The soundtrack by Pink Floyd is quite good and fittingly placed in the movie. The best example of this is of the opening credits. The valley "Obscured by Clouds" song leaves a longing for the truth of the valley. Good movie overall, but it was quite special to hear the Floyd in a different media. True Floyd fan?? Get it. If not, dont bother. Hope this helps.


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