INVISIBLE MOUNTAINS - REVIEWS & COMMENTS

Reviews

“For everyone who has ever known an artist. This film brilliantly reveals a young painter's inner life as he grapples with the challenges of making a living and finding his voice.  Paintings that merge with the world create astonishing visuals and add power to the appealing performances in this creative film.”

            - Ashland Independent Film Fest

“Invisible Mountains should be seen by sculptors, writers, poets, painters, musicians, and all others who strive to make their lives and others rich with their own creations.”

            - 4 stars (out of 5) Film Threat Review,  Rory L. Aronsky

“While attempting to visualize an artist's inner struggles may be inherently Quixotic, it's hard not to admire tyro writer-director-animator Richard Power Hoffmann's Invisible Mountains, which at least tries to climb this peak. “

             -Mitch Koehler, Variety.com

“Meditative and soulful”

            - Steven Rea, The Philadelphia Inquirer

“Poignant and hallucinatory.  No explosions and no violence- and none needed”

            - Scott Johnston, Philadelphia Film Festival

"Visually exciting, narratively astute, it is charged with poetic images that are fully imbued with magic realism.”

            - RB Strauss, Aroundphilly.com

“Invisible Mountains conceptually blends language and animation with a boldness that makes it unlike any film before.”

            - Mitch Hubbard, The Temple News

Audience comments:

“It has a mesmerizing, haunting quality that really takes you inside and lets you into the drama.  I’ve never seen anything like it.”- Jennifer H.

“This film really spoke to me. I felt that main character was a direct reflection of me (and also many people I know). Not just because of the age, but the whole concept of being an artist and imposing those self-inflicted boundaries...”- Jonathan F.

“I was amazingly surprised at how well the film was made.  I'm a young artist, 17, and seeing the movie was such an inspiration.  Thanks for making such a brilliant film, so people like me can sit back in awe.” –Eric B.

“I loved that you make your audience work a little bit.  You don't hand everything right over to us.  Your work was like a good book, one that I want to read over a few times because there are layers that I still haven't gotten to yet.   I will never be able to look at the sky and just see clouds and a sea of blue. Thanks!” –Angela D.

“As I drove home I kept thinking about it and the more I thought about it, the more I appreciated it.  It beautifully accomplishes everything that I think it sets out to do.  It really came over me and took hold of me from the inside.”- Eric P.

“I actually own this movie, I love it that much. This movie helped me during a really difficult time in my life... EVERY artist can relate to the main character. The music is really cool too. A+”- JF, Brooklyn

"Visually and aurally hypnotic; a film nurtured with the same loving care and attention to detail of a parent to a child, the same lifeblood any true artist would instinctively and abundantly pass on to his or her own creation." -Doug F.

 

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