Enter The Void - Newest film by Gaspar Noé

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Enter The Void - Newest film by Gaspar Noé

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Postby backseatjesus » Sun Mar 07, 2010 5:24 am

Opening credits:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPxgi-PiNFE

First teaser:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyHQWTs7UEY


"A drug-dealing teen is killed in Japan, after which he reappears as a ghost to watch over his sister."


I can't wait for this film. It's painful not to be able to watch it right now.

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Postby ran1 » Sun Mar 07, 2010 8:43 pm

This looks pretty good.
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Postby Uriel Septim VII » Mon Mar 08, 2010 3:10 am

If the rest of the film is like the opening credits, this film may be one that pushes the boundaries of what is perceived as film.
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Postby BrikHaus » Mon Mar 08, 2010 10:30 am

I'm glad I don't have epilepsy, because those opening credits would have given me a seizure.
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Postby Uriel Septim VII » Mon Mar 08, 2010 6:58 pm

I'm glad I'm not a man, because those opening credits would have given me a boner.
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Postby Eva Yojimbo » Mon Mar 08, 2010 9:04 pm

Noe's Irreversible was quite disturbing. I'm interested to see what he does with this.
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Postby Gendo'sPapa » Mon Mar 08, 2010 9:05 pm

I've heard only great things about this film. It's apparently all filmed from the POV of the lead protagonist (so you're always looking out his eyes). Only catch is:

SPOILER: Show
he dies at the end of the first act.


Should be powerful stuff. His IRREVERSIBLE was one of the most gut wrenching and effective films of the past decade.

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Postby backseatjesus » Mon Jul 26, 2010 3:15 am

http://www.buf.com/visual_effects.php?display=movie&id=882

A look at the visual effects.

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Postby MugwumpHasNoLiver » Mon Jul 26, 2010 3:47 am

Ive never heard of Gaspar Noe before today, but seeing THAT makes me want to drop to me knees and offer my body to him for whatever sick desires he may have.
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Postby Oz » Mon Jul 26, 2010 4:00 am

View Original PostMugwumpHasNoLiver wrote:Ive never heard of Gaspar Noe before today, but seeing THAT makes me want to drop to me knees and offer my body to him for whatever sick desires he may have.

Like this?
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Postby backseatjesus » Mon Jul 26, 2010 4:30 am

View Original PostOz wrote:Like this?

God, I hope there is a Bluray release in the future. Man, it'd be even more brutal.

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Postby MugwumpHasNoLiver » Mon Jul 26, 2010 4:33 am

View Original PostOz wrote:Like this?


Well, I'm sure we can work up to that, but I would prefer for him to be gentle at first. It's my first time. I'm not ready for the kinky stuff.
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Postby Heromaster111 » Mon Jul 26, 2010 7:37 am

Thomas Bangalter does the music for this and Irreversible now I'm interested.
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Postby child of Lilith » Mon Jul 26, 2010 9:17 pm

View Original Postbackseatjesus wrote:http://www.buf.com/visual_effects.php?display=movie&id=882

A look at the visual effects.

Simply amazing.
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Postby backseatjesus » Fri Sep 24, 2010 8:17 pm

Apparently there's a limited released of this starting today.

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Postby The-Happy-Go-Lucky-Wacko » Sat Sep 25, 2010 6:00 am

I hope this hits On Demand soon. It looks really spectacular.

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Postby Falcon_of_the_Sun » Tue Jul 07, 2015 6:08 am

I saw this yesterday. I was disappointed. I've found it way too long, the content is way too diluted. It's kind of Eraserhead's uneventfulness meets Malick's The Tree of Life's retrospective of a whole existence. Add rainbow neons and boobs and you are done.
In the first 15 minutes or so you get some kind of explanation of the whole thing, so you know what to expect in a way. I guess it's a fine line between spoiling and providing an explanation.

All in all, an interesting way of actualising and showing what happens between death and rebirth according to the Tibetan Book of the Dead in some kind of first person experience. But again, way too long at 160 minutes for the so called "long version" of it.

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Postby Enki v.2 » Sun Jul 26, 2015 1:08 pm

TBH, I liked this film, but I agree with all your criticisms, Falcon.

That said, if you're going to choose style over substance, Enter the Void is a good choice to make -- it's put together competently, and it certainly has a thematically coherent way of telling the story (even though that story isn't particularly moving, IMO).

On the other hand, I think the story is supposed to essentially be a series of shocking events.
SPOILER: Show
I mean, the kid's parents die in a car crash, the brother and sister get separated in abusive orphanages, and when they reunite there's an incestuous subtext before they both get deep into drugs and prostitution, then the guy gets killed.
It's unoriginal and grating in the way the Oprah book club books about ritual abuse they make you read in high school are -- it's all overwrought and emotionally charged BS, and because the characters aren't well-rounded you end up just feeling manipulated by the author. If he wants to tell this story, at least he's chosen an interesting way to tell it that ultimately masks and makes up for the deficits in the story itself.[/spoiler]


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