Review of The Black Hole (1979) by Alex H — 13 Nov 2013
What a buried treasure. On the surface, The Black Hole is hokey and endearing in a B movie way. But its bemusingly slow pacing and drawn out shots and emotionally distant performances lend it a rather surreal, almost hypnotic vibe.
And it has an extremely sly sense of humor - intentional or not I can't figure out - that just killed me. "Crew stumbles on a derelict spaceship and mysteries ensue" is one of my favorite sci-fi tropes, and The Black Hole is going on my Favorites Examples Of It list (see also: Arthur C Clarke's Rendezvous With Rama, Satoshi Kon's The Rose, Paul WS Anderson's Event Horizon, that one Firefly episode, Ridley Scott's Alien, Lem's/Tarkovsky's/Soderbergh's Solaris, etc).
This review of The Black Hole (1979) was written by Alex H on 13 Nov 2013.
The Black Hole has generally received mixed reviews.
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