
Upstream Color
You can force your story's shape, but the color will always bloom upstream.
A man and woman are drawn together, entangled in the lifecycle of an ageless organism. Identity becomes an illusion as they struggle to assemble the loose fragments of wrecked lives.
- 6.3
- 2013
- Released
- 1h 36m

Amy Seimetz
Kris
Andrew Sensenig
The Sampler
Thiago Martins
Thief
Carolyn King
Wife
Mollie Milligan
Maggie
Myles McGee
Monty
Ashton Miramontes
Lucas
Andreon Watson
Peter
John Walpole
Bank Investigator
Kerry McCormick
OBGYN
Marco Antonio Rodriguez
MRI Tech
Brina Palencia
Woman in Club
Jack Watkins
The Sampled
Karen Jagger
The Sampled
Joy Leigh
Dream Member (uncredited)









Released
en
$100,000.00
$444,098.00
- #hope
- #sadness
- #hypnosis
- #loss
- #romance
- #drugged
- #parasite
Reviews
After almost 9 years since Primer, Shane Carruth returned with his next film, Upstream Color. Once again, Shane played multiple roles in the creation of this film – producer (one of), director, writer, actor (one of), music director, cinematographer and editor (one of). The film was made with a tiny budget of $50,000, wow, talk about being efficient. The story is not a convoluted one like Primer,











