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The story take you slowly but surely with you, the characters are sometimes over playing, but are good in general (Felix is amazing). The music, the photography, the atmosphere are awesome. We can feel the desert. Spoiler : Not a lot of things are explain, why he is purchasing, by who ? Who the apocalypse happened how do they survive (before and now) etc... For me, as a European atheist, I can't not see the evidence of the purgatory here. The character fly on the sky at the end (that impossible that this plane fly ..), the two stuck there (for ever ?). This is a religious movie, a satire . I really appreciate this movie, that not happened since a long time. Go check Dark city (one of the best film I ever seen) garage day is cool too by the same director.

It's like concept art of a post-apocalyptic wasteland graphic novel come to life. One of the most unique films I've seen, visually stunning with some incredible performances which I found captivating. I wouldn't call it a crowd pleaser but it is engaging, beautiful and unique with amazing artistic direction - including costuming. I'm not great at writing reviews but I felt this film deserves a lot more attention not only in the Australian film world but the arthouse and dystopian circles as well. I gave it a 7/10 because it is obviously low budget and the plot is somewhat thin but if I was rating for enjoyment alone it would be 10/10.

Okay, let's be clear about this. There are only 355 people that rated this movie and I guess that at least eighty percent of those rates are from people that know somebody that was involved in this movie, friends or family, and that's why it has a ridiculous high rating. Before me there are three other reviewers, one called davidknaus1 and one called drella-3 and both reviewed exactly one movie with a perfect score, guess which one? The third reviewer colsim reviewed four movies so I guess we'll give him the benefit of the doubt. Personally I don't have much to write about Spirits Of The Air, Gremlins Of The Clouds besides it has a ridiculous title, the story is slow and done without any budget, and the acting is terrible especially from Melissa Davis. In other words, a complete waste of time.

Set against the beautiful Australian landscapes in the outback, "Spirits of the Air, Gremlins of the Clouds" is certainly not a film that is fun science-fiction in the classic sense, which is not really surprising given the arthouse tone. Arguably a bit slow by western standards, this strange debut film sneaks under the wire when compared to Alex Proyas's Dark City (1998) and The Crow (1994). The story is simple, but compelling to watch. The scenery is just stunning and the songs that were chosen accentuated the drama and were so good. The score is as quiet and wonderful as the life itself while as intriguing as its characters. The Mad Max comparisons are obviously rife because of it's Australian desert setting. Nevertheless, thanks to the great pictures and acoustics as well as the wonderful acting, this unconventional film is definitely worth seeing for the fans of Richard Lester, Konstantin Lopushanskiy and Piotr Szulkin.

It would be really hard for me to recommend this movie, as the story is thin, the three characters unlovable, and if you are not into 1980s New Age electronic music, then you definitively WILL throw something at the screen before an hour is up. There is hope though. If you love art, and particularly Australian desert landscapes, and in particular the almost uncanny use of colour, texture and design from that landscape, then Spirits of the Air may best be described as 90 minutes of a really excellently vivid (and original) slow moving art show (with a very tiny apocalypse theme), yet with a 1989 play trying to narrate. Almost any frame from this movie would make a good poster, even now, let alone back in the loud old days of 1989. It's worth a 7 for being brave and technically brilliant, but I'd really think twice about making it a gift for a new friend.

Director of Photography : David Knaus - ACS, Editor : Craig Wood, Art Director : Sean Callanin, Sound design : Peter Miller, Producer : Andrew McPhail. Shot on location around Broken Hill, Australia, this film was the first feature length film by director Alex Proyas after he completed film school. Filmed at more or less the same time as the music video 'Kiss the Dirt" by INXS with the same film crew and equipment. 'Spriits of the air gremlins of the clouds' is better known as simply "Spirits". Spirits was produced on a super low budget, but none the less the crew did get the minimum wage, and it was much fun to shoot. It was shot on 16mm,and all of the special effects were shot in-camera, including a night scene where a flock of Bats fly past the full moon. Actually tea leaves floating in a fish tank, shooting into a light as the full moon. Worth watching.