Two teenagers bond over their love of a supernatural TV show, but it is mysteriously cancelled.Two teenagers bond over their love of a supernatural TV show, but it is mysteriously cancelled.Two teenagers bond over their love of a supernatural TV show, but it is mysteriously cancelled.
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Emma Portner
- Mr. Melancholy
- (as Emma Porter)
- …
Timothy Griffin Allan
- Lance
- (as Timothy Allan)
Marlyn Bandiero
- Brenda's Friend
- (as Marilyn Bandiero)
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- TriviaCanadian dancer and choreographer Emma Portner plays four different roles in the film, three of them being villains in The Pink Opaque. She played Marco, the evil clown, and Mr. Melancholy. The only non-Pink Opaque character she plays is Amanda, Maddy's friend who originally began watching The Pink Opaque with her until they stopped being friends. Maddy later says "I feel like she's a secret agent sent here to make my life miserable" after bringing up how their friendship fell apart. The fact that she plays most of the villains in The Pink Opaque adds to the quote.
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Unique sensory experience
Whether you're an avid cinephile or TV aficionado as an adult or not, everyone hazily and fondly remembers a nostalgic film or series that held their rapt attention as an impressionable kid, when the not yet fully formed subconscious is adjusting to life in this state and every bit of stimuli still has an otherworldly timbre. Jane Schoenbrun's I Saw The TV Glow is an uncannily well done exploration of this, a haunting, elusive and hard to describe psychological horror show about memory, identity, the enduring power of childhood nostalgia and how it can bring people together to share indescribable bonds. Owen (Justice Smith) and Maddy (Brigitte Lundy-Paine) grow up together in the mid 90's, sharing a love for a strange TV show called The Pink Opaque in which two alienated teens, much like themselves, battle the forces of surreal evil. Until one day when Maddy disappears and The Pink Opaque is cancelled, Owen is thrust forward in life without his friend, the show or the connection they shared. Where did she go? Was The Pink Opaque just a TV show, or something with more intangible esoteric powers? The answers to these questions are not easily surrendered by filmmaker Schoenbrun, who seems less interested in conventional resolution and more fascinated by sifting through the subconscious ambiguities of life and all its inherent mysteries both beautiful and terrifying. While I can't say that I loved this as much as her debut feature We're All Going To The World's Fair, it is nonetheless a mesmerizing effort. Combining the sort of eerie Lo-Fi aesthetics that any 90's kid would remember in stuff like Are You Afraid Of The Dark with an intensely beguiling horror ambience that calls to mind and even directly pays homage to David Lynch's Twin Peaks at one point, the stylistic and tonal recipe here is an unforgettable mix, just like The Pink Opaque is for our two lonely protagonists.
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- Country of origin
- Official site
- Language
- Also known as
- Я видел свет телевизора
- Filming locations
- 601 Main St, Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA(The Saint music venue)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $3,575,964
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $119,015
- May 5, 2024
- Gross worldwide
- $3,575,964
- Runtime1 hour 40 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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