I know a lot of other movie topics get derailed by discussion of completely different films/directors, and I thought it might be a decent idea to have a thread to discuss films that we've seen that are not upcoming or recent theatrical releases. Meaning, discussion on films that would not otherwise warrant their own topic.
So, yeah, logged into Netflix for the first time in a while, and saw that Gaspar Noe's Enter the Void was listed as a new release. I'd previously read a few blurbs about it, and was amazed that it was even on there, and even more amazed when it was over that it did not seem to be censored in any way.
I hate to use the words "audacious" and "hypnotic" at the risk of sounding pretentious, but really, those are the two words that immediately spring to mind. If I had to describe it to those who've not seen it, it reminded me of being in Room 23 from LOST for two and a half hours, but add copious amounts of sex (as in, almost pornography) and drugs (DMT is a big one here), with recurring themes of incest, breastfeeding, and voyeurism. Yup...typical Gaspar Noe film.
His M.O. as a director seems to be to push the envelope as far as it can go without ripping it to shreds. I'm not sure if I was more disturbed and/or unsettled by this than I was by Noe's I Stand Alone. Probably the latter. But those two make Irreversible look like an ABC Family made-for-TV movie.
I'm not sure that I would consider his films "good" per se, but they are worth watching, and I give him credit for making purposely polarizing films. I know for a fact that there are people that despise this film, and think it is pornographic trash, but really, it seems to me to be a very postmodern, neon-drenched take on OOBEs, consciousness traveling, and reincarnation.
Never before have I seen a film *** SPOILERS ***
that almost never shows the main character's face for the entirety of the film (Thomas in Love does this as well, but for completely different reasons), shows the bloody aftermath of a fresh abortion, and shows a money shot from an internal POV.
*** END SPOILERS ***
As I said, if nothing else, it's audacious as hell, and I applaud him for getting away with it.
If this is too much for the Free Forum, I'm sorry, and please edit, Mora or Valk. Merely describing a film.
So let's talk about film!
So, yeah, logged into Netflix for the first time in a while, and saw that Gaspar Noe's Enter the Void was listed as a new release. I'd previously read a few blurbs about it, and was amazed that it was even on there, and even more amazed when it was over that it did not seem to be censored in any way.
I hate to use the words "audacious" and "hypnotic" at the risk of sounding pretentious, but really, those are the two words that immediately spring to mind. If I had to describe it to those who've not seen it, it reminded me of being in Room 23 from LOST for two and a half hours, but add copious amounts of sex (as in, almost pornography) and drugs (DMT is a big one here), with recurring themes of incest, breastfeeding, and voyeurism. Yup...typical Gaspar Noe film.
His M.O. as a director seems to be to push the envelope as far as it can go without ripping it to shreds. I'm not sure if I was more disturbed and/or unsettled by this than I was by Noe's I Stand Alone. Probably the latter. But those two make Irreversible look like an ABC Family made-for-TV movie.
I'm not sure that I would consider his films "good" per se, but they are worth watching, and I give him credit for making purposely polarizing films. I know for a fact that there are people that despise this film, and think it is pornographic trash, but really, it seems to me to be a very postmodern, neon-drenched take on OOBEs, consciousness traveling, and reincarnation.
Never before have I seen a film *** SPOILERS ***
that almost never shows the main character's face for the entirety of the film (Thomas in Love does this as well, but for completely different reasons), shows the bloody aftermath of a fresh abortion, and shows a money shot from an internal POV.
*** END SPOILERS ***
As I said, if nothing else, it's audacious as hell, and I applaud him for getting away with it.
If this is too much for the Free Forum, I'm sorry, and please edit, Mora or Valk. Merely describing a film.
So let's talk about film!
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