It seems that I recently am catching up with a lot of high-rated junk. This is a disgusting film with very graphic violence, revolting actually.
The film starts actually with the end with the titles running backwards. So we are alerted of a reverse chronology. The picture is shaking, the soundtrack sounds like a factory, photography like a darkroom. Yes, we are in a gay SM club. Two guys are looking for somebody called Le Tenia. A suspect is killed with a fire extinguisher, a long almost unwatchable scene. We continue and understand that Le Tenia is a rapist. We witness the rape also - again a long and painful scene and see how that couple had a good time in their marital bed.
Yes, Noé has a powerful message. It is an unpleasant subject. Roger Ebert wrote: "By placing the ugliness at the beginning, Gaspar Noe forces us to think seriously about the sexual violence involved. The movie does not end with rape as its climax and send us out of the theater as if something had been communicated. It starts with it, and asks us to sit there for another hour and process our thoughts. It is therefore moral - at a structural level."
I agree with this, but it is still a disgusting and disturbing film.
4/10
The film starts actually with the end with the titles running backwards. So we are alerted of a reverse chronology. The picture is shaking, the soundtrack sounds like a factory, photography like a darkroom. Yes, we are in a gay SM club. Two guys are looking for somebody called Le Tenia. A suspect is killed with a fire extinguisher, a long almost unwatchable scene. We continue and understand that Le Tenia is a rapist. We witness the rape also - again a long and painful scene and see how that couple had a good time in their marital bed.
Yes, Noé has a powerful message. It is an unpleasant subject. Roger Ebert wrote: "By placing the ugliness at the beginning, Gaspar Noe forces us to think seriously about the sexual violence involved. The movie does not end with rape as its climax and send us out of the theater as if something had been communicated. It starts with it, and asks us to sit there for another hour and process our thoughts. It is therefore moral - at a structural level."
I agree with this, but it is still a disgusting and disturbing film.
4/10
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| Irreversible ends idyllic at the beginning, domestic pleasure |
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