Actuakers One of my all time favorites.

ChicRawIdol A brilliant film that helped define a genre

Joanna Mccarty Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

Staci Frederick Blistering performances.

christopher-underwood I can't recall the circumstances under which I saw this in the 70s but I remember being impressed although warning others that it was a bit slow and with murky visuals but a great Pink Floyd score. Memory eh! This moves well with interesting situations and encounters with natives and always looking fantastic, on my Blu-ray anyway. The thing is, where is the Pink Floyd score!? It really is barely noticeable until the end credits and I understand there was some dispute as to how their music had or had not been used and that that is why they called the soundtrack album, Obscured by Clouds and not, The Valley. Film boys got wise though and added that title to their own. Clever. Seen today the film is not only a joy and a stunning picture of New Guinea and its inhabitants but an interesting look in microcosm at the rise and fall of the hippy movement. Surprisingly good dialogue and always brilliant cinematography make this an essential watch - for the adventurous.

wgpapale-1 While the film is likely most famous for using Pink Floyd for the soundtrack (Obscured by Clouds), this French film (w/ English subtitles) is quite thought provoking if you take the time to understand what the director is trying to say to the audience. Plenty of Utopian idealism in the film, but it is balanced in the end by some interesting philosophical discussions.Character development is good albeit a bit dated to late 1960's Hippie culture. Excellent cinematography by Néstor Almendros in remote Papua New Guinea. A really good film for a university French film course. Editing was somewhat disjointed at parts, but this may have been due to the version I was able to see. Try searching for it on the internet if you want to watch it.

lopingbuzzard I saw this film at the Plaza in New York City around 1981. I went to hear the Floyd music but I quickly became so engrossed that I forgot about the music. Determined to travel to the mysterious valley that is always obscured from the air by clouds, a group of Caucasians cross New Guinea. They meet isolated tribes (NOT African - this is New Guinea, remember), experience love and loss, discover themselves, etc. And I thought the ending was wonderful. A little Easy Rider, a little Sorcerer, a lot of atmosphere and style. Naturalist-docu-fiction. Unique and unforgettable.

tim-297 This is a very interesting, but (unfortunately) underrated, film from the hippie era of the late 60's-early 70's that would make a great addition to any collector of this genre of film. Along with Schroeder's "More", Max Steuer's "The Committee", Roy Battersby's "The Body", Antonioni's "Zabriskie Point", and George Greenough's surfing documentary "Crystal Voyager", any fan of the music of early Pink Floyd should add this to their collection -- if they can find a copy. Unfortunately it is out of print...again. All 6 of these films *should* be released on DVD. Let's hope the distributors will realize the market potential.