La Vallee (aka "The Valley Obscured By Clouds")
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Movie Reviews of La Vallee (aka "The Valley Obscured By Clouds")
Movie Review: TRIPPY
Summary: 3 Stars
I first saw LA VALLEE over two decades ago and was haunted by the exotic images and Pink Floyd's score. Eventually, I molded a memory that in fact was quite different from the actual film. In hindsight, it wouldn't surprise me if that was director Barbet Schroeder's intent. Certainly the cinematography by Nestor Almendros serves that purpose. This meandering, mystical and somewhat pretentious hippie trek into the wilds of Borneo to find rare bird feathers is meant to be a journey of self-discovery -- a cinematic acid trip that may or may not have actual meaning.
Oddly, in the movie, the "Valley Obscured by Clouds" (the film's full title) is never reached, but only seen in the distance at fade out.
Pink Floyd's music and the exotic images make it worth the trek. But beware of seeing this in an altered state hoping to improve the quality of the trip.
Movie Review: Gald to have finally seen it
Summary: 3 Stars
My main interest for this DVD was the music of Pink Floyd.There are several films that have music by them which are hard to get in Europe (VHS was available from the US, but always in the wrong format for European video recorders).
The film itself has wonderful shots of the impressive nature of New Guinea but the story line isn't all that great. Dated is what comes to mind.
The transfer to DVD even has a visible problem after 15 minutes or so into the film (there is a warning about this on the DVD box) which has caused synchronisation problems.
All in all I'm glad to have finally seen this film now, although the soundtrack CD of course is a better representation of the Pink Floyd film score.
Now let's hope 'More" and 'Zabriskie Point' also appear on DVD.
Movie Review: not too impressed
Summary: 3 Stars
Obscure by Clouds, the sound track to La Vallee, is much better than the movie itself. In fact I only remember floyd playing here and there, the soundtrack did not play a big role in the movie. The scenery in La Vallee was amazing but thats about it. The plot line was interesting but it was pretty slow going and many scenes seem to drag on. It ends abruptly before a climax even occurs. Unlike a different review that was written, I had no trouble turning the subtitles on. The fact that 90% of the movie is in French was not the turn off for me (although it might bother some) I don't think it's a "must see" for hardcore floyd fans like myself. I would recommend watching "more" the other of the floyd/schroeder colaboratives. This one was somewhat boring.Movie Review: Pink Floyd snorefest....
Summary: 3 Stars
...coming after the brilliant MEDDLE, this album posed a problem for Floyd... they were tired of being a Euro "Cult" band in the US, and needed to start racking up sales-after all 'the '60's' were over with. So it came to pass that OBSCURED BY CLOUDS would be the last 'honest' Floyd LP, though because of the constraints placed on them for an OST, I find it to be a rather lackluster album...but it started their slide from artistic purity to commercial $uccess-yes im talking about every post-pubescent boys wet dream, finally radio friendly to corporate owned FM stations-and still on the charts after 30 years, the mediocre, but trillion-selling DARK SIDE OF THE MOON...(just because it sells tonnes dont mean its any good) Oh... the film was OK...Movie Review: The valley
Summary: 3 Stars
Singular story about a woman looking for feathers and an expedition of people looking for paradise in a valley which is not drawn on the map. So, they suppose paradise must be there, obscured by clouds. A hippy philosophy but with a touch of scepticism. A picture of the late 70's with a beautiful photography by Nestor Almendros.