But the effort that was put into building the world of “After Blue” is sadly not matched in terms of character development or narrative arc.
The vibe is equal parts metaphysical store and the influential French sci-fi artist Moebius, and it’s quite enchanting-especially if floppy hats and chunky geode jewelry happen to be your thing. Sensual goop drips from the branches of alien trees, and neon and blacklight paint are used to inventive, aesthetically appealing ends. (Hair plays a big role in this movie.) The residents of After Blue dress in witchy black outfits that blend “American Horror Story: Coven” and “Female Prisoner Scorpion.” All technology was banned from After Blue after its settlement by humankind, which makes the film’s lone male-esque figure, a designer pleasure-bot named Olgar-2 ( Michaël Erpelding), a dangerous piece of contraband. As if such a disclaimer was really necessary: After Blue, the post-Earth colony occupied by human “ovarian bearers” (those without ovaries die shortly after birth, choking on their own hair-again, don’t ask) where our story takes place does indeed look like it was created by a big Kate Bush fan.īovine creatures with geodes for faces roam the countryside, which is dotted with crystals and dusted with glitter that sticks in the thickets of hair that cover everyone’s neck and shoulders. You are in space,” as a groovy jewel-toned orb spins, suspended in a dusty void. In the opening moments of “After Blue,” a voice purrs, “You are no longer on your planet. That’s the general thrust of this two-hour-plus sci-fi/fantasy/Western hybrid, whose plot is little more than a skeleton upon which Mandico can hang various aesthetic and/or erotic obsessions.īut let’s back up for a moment. There, they must kill her, and redeem themselves for bringing death and destruction onto the French-speaking peoples of After Blue. (Its apparent bias against the Polish is just one of the many inexplicable things about this movie.)Īs punishment, Roxy and her mother, Zora ( Elina Löwensohn) are ordered to cross dangerous, wintery terrain and wait inside of an alien mine shaft for “Kate Bush” to return. Katarzyna Buzowska-a rogue vigilante with an eyeball in her vagina who wreaks havoc on the title planet after a teenager named Roxy ( Paula Luna) digs her out of the pink, foamy sand where she was buried as punishment by the all-female Polish space military.
If anything, it actively confuses the issue, making its ”Kate Bush” ( Agata Buzek) -a.k.a. Now, if some algorithmic confluence of keywords leads a newly minted Kate fan to “After Blue,” the film isn’t going to teach them anything about the “ Wuthering Heights” singer.
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