Dark Star: HR Giger's World
Icarus Films | Release Date: May 15, 2015 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally favorable reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
5
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
90
Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlMay 19, 2015
The film is fascinating, even if you're resistant to this dark star's gravity. Read full review
75
Boston GlobeEthan GilsdorfJul 3, 2015
The film captures both the claustrophobic and melancholic mood of Giger’s house, and also, perhaps, his mind. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comSimon AbramsMay 15, 2015
It's also genuinely warm and involving because of the participation of everyone from Carmen Vega, Giger's widow, to Sandra Berretta, Giger's former assistant and self-described "life partner." The film is, in that sense, an effective memorial, one filmed after Giger himself admitted that he had said all he wanted to say in his art. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeApr 30, 2015
Digging around in the crannies of his highly unusual home but never becoming intrusive, the doc feels like it was made by a friend, in a good way. Read full review
63
Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaMay 29, 2015
Fails to bring Giger to life in any kind of illuminating way. Read full review
63
Washington PostMichael O'SullivanMay 28, 2015
Although he comes across as a sort of elfin crypt-keeper in this intriguing portrait by documentarian Belinda Sallin, Giger was also, quite literally, close to death. Read full review
63
New York PostSara StewartMay 13, 2015
The film fails to represent how singular and influential the late Giger is in popular culture. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineKenji FujishimaMay 11, 2015
It weaves through past and present, memories and reality, analysis and history, like a mercurial mind reminiscing seemingly at random. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesMartin TsaiMay 14, 2015
Dark Star might have been more fascinating had Sallin delved deeper into his place as an artist. Read full review
60
The DissolveKeith PhippsMay 13, 2015
Content to let his work speak for itself, Giger has little to add to the conversation, and while it’s intriguing to see him working in—or sometimes just ambling through—a house filled with his work and sources of inspiration, Sallin too often lets these scenes crowd out the story she’s trying to tell. Read full review
58
The A.V. ClubJosh ModellMay 14, 2015
What’s perhaps most telling about the artist himself is a later-in-life project he builds in his cluttered backyard, a sort of funhouse ride through his own psyche. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleWalter AddiegoMay 17, 2015
By showing so many examples of his art, the film attests to Giger’s real gift for startling images. But it’s hard not to see, in addition, elements of repetitive adolescent provocation. Read full review
50
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisMay 14, 2015
This disordered portrait seems heavily influenced by its equally jumbled setting. Read full review
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