The Dark Side of the Sun (1988)

Strong and Moving!

Very interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

What is with all the positive reviews?? This is by far the worst acting i have ever seen. You will laugh your butt off to the truly cheesy acting. I am sure Brad's biggest regret is every agreeing to do this movie.Watch it only to see how much Brad Pitt has transformed in his acting since this movie and then stick your head in a microwave to delete the memory of this movie.Truly shocked.Positively not riveting.Peace

I saw this movie 4-5 years ago because of reading its plot about a young man who has a very rare mysterious skin disease but highly dangerous to live with and must be covered from head to toe in a leather suite. The role was played by Brad Pitt , he also has in this film trouble in his family as his mother is completely bad ridden form a long time and she cant even speak properly while his father being a very caring person for both his spouse and offspring can do nothing to save his son. Because of his skin being so much fragile Brad cant even stay under the light inside of his own home , then he met an attractive , charming lady singer, he immediately falls for her and she is also impressed by man in black cover that makes him anonymous to her. What Brad Pitt can do is to just make a very tough decision , to expose himself to light completely that could kill him by the passage of time but he can also his moments of his life time finding eternal love before he has to die whether now or a few years in darkness. I was very impressed by the script of the movie but the execution and finishing disappointed me. I believe the acting , production , screenplay and direction was quite below the expectation of such stories.The performance of Yugoslav artist was sub standard , only i think Brad Pitt and his story line father Guy Boyd saved the moments of this film. Otherwise this film would had had ended up in disaster as it production was not able to meet its requirement.

I couldn't resist to see the Dark Side of the Sun after hearing its story. It was filmed in prewar Yugoslavia, all footage of the film was lost, starred Brad Pitt(as his debut film) etc. All those factors gave me energy to find the DVD with a very reasonable price. Did I like the film. Unfortunately,no. Story is good, Brad Pitt looks around 17, cant believe this movie was from 10 10-15 years ago. However, as his debut film, he does quite well as Rick who suffers from a rare skin disease and should't contact with sun directly. He is in Yugoslavia with his family and trying to find cure for his illness. His father is a businessman and seems like controlling it from Yugoslavia. Fair enough but spends all his money to find cure for his son's illness from the dodgy looking guy!!What happened to the modern ways of treatment. Although it is mentioned during the film that there is no cure so far in modern medicine but come on, see that healer and you know that he won't be any help.. Of course, beside his illness, Rick finds th love of his life. Frances is touring with a small theatre group around Europe and she meets Rick. She falls for him as well but when he wears his mask. It takes her until the very end of the film that she has been dealing with the same guy all the way long. Silly!! My conclusion about The Dark Side of the Sun would be average. I think it has a decent storyline, average actors, Brad Pitt and Guy Boyd especially stands out. But, rest of the cast is below average (mostly Yugoslavian). Music is pretty annoying, reminded me crappy Turkish B-movies from 80's. Despite an okay acting from Mr Pitt and a good story, over all I think my very best is * out of *****

This was so sad, he's so alone and feels he is so different and his life is not real because he lives behind a mask, so he sacrifices himself in order to have 3 normal days, as he feels the only way he can really live is without the mask and without the mask he will die.But the bike people and the girl actually make friends with him, love him after he has made the sacrifice, but at times he still has the mask on, how soul destroying that would be.It seems really sad that the girl could ignore something good right in front of her, but be so caught up by the mystery, by something unreal.I thought it was fantastically shot, lucky Brad Pitt getting to play with the dolphin, he's not my type of guy look wise but I think he sometimes does some really good acting.