Until the Light Takes Us

Until the Light Takes Us is a 2008 American documentary film about early Norwegian black metal, directed by Aaron Aites and Audrey Ewell. The film premiered at the AFI Film Festival in 2008, a year before it was released in theaters.

Until the Light Takes Us
film title, awards and critical commentary imposed over a stark black-and-white image of a man in black metal-wear – black clothing, spikes and corpse paint – holding an inverted cross
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAaron Aites
Audrey Ewell
Produced byAaron Aites
Tyler Brodie
Audrey Ewell
Gill Holland
Frederick Howard
StarringGylve "Fenriz" Nagell
Varg "Count Grishnackh" Vikernes
Jan Axel "Hellhammer" Blomberg
Kjetil-Vidar "Frost" Haraldstad
Harmony Korine
Bjarne Melgaard
Kristoffer "Garm" Rygg
Bård "Faust" Eithun
CinematographyAudrey Ewell
Odd Reinhardt Nicolaysen
Edited byAndrew Ford
Production
companies
Artists Public Domain
Field Pictures
The Group Entertainment
Distributed byVariance Films
Release dates
  • October 31, 2008 (2008-10-31) (AFI Film Festival)
  • December 4, 2009 (2009-12-04) (United States)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
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Release

Variance Films acquired the theatrical rights to the film in the U.S. and released it in New York City on December 4, 2009.[1] The film grossed $7,246 on a single screen in its first week, the second highest per-screen gross of any debuting film at the time (behind Up in the Air).

Reception

Until the Light Takes Us received a 54 out of 100 score on Metacritic[2] and a 46% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes.[1]

Andrew O'Hehir of Salon.com called the film "crafty and compelling".[3] Nick Pinkerton of The Village Voice wrote, "The filmmakers seem cowed into obeisance by their subjects. Varg's last onscreen appearance is accompanied by a montage fitting a schoolyard crush, and the film's title is the translation of Burzum's fourth album, Hvis lyset tar oss. [...] [the film] arrives a decade too late to add much."[4]

See also

References
  1. "Until the Light Takes Us". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved May 22, 2021.
  2. "Until the Light Takes Us Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More – Metacritic". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved September 25, 2012.
  3. O'Hehir, Andrew (December 7, 2009). "Until the Light Takes Us – Salon.com". Salon.com. Retrieved September 25, 2012.
  4. Pinkerton, Nick (December 1, 2009). "Until the Light Takes Us: A Norwegian Black Metal Documentary – Page 1 – Movies – New York – Village Voice". villagevoice.com. Retrieved September 25, 2012.
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