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Juxtapose then Edit
Sep. 24th, 2005 10:42 amStrange juxtaposition of films.
First, I watched Irréversible, a French film from 2002, directed by Gaspar Noé. To call this film "disturbing" would be gentle. It's entirely different from an Ichi the Killer sort of disturbing, however.
Shot in a similar fashion to Memento, the film starts with a sequence that is the end of the story, and then goes to the sequence before it, and so on. Unlike Memento, however, we learn much of the story as we go...no real "twists" to speak of, but Noé's almost nauseating camerawork -- a conscious choice, he has said -- combined with the grating sounds and horrible inevitability of a single event make you more wired as it goes on.
It's also quite interesting to learn that only about two pages were written for this film, making the rest of it all-but-improvised. Since I usually hate this French New Wave technique, it was surprising to see it work so well.
Violent, distressing, and with a crushing feeling of...ummm...irreveribleness...osity...ism...look, if you need to get your head messed with, watch this, it's really incredible.
Don't bitch at me later if you find it too upsetting.
Then Sara brought home Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy. Good points: Steve Carell's performance. Bad points: Damn near everything else. Actually stopped looking at the TV during the last 15 or 20 minutes.
Now I'm off to edit King of Fighters 2003 v.3 and Journal of the Vampire Hunter - Claws of Darkness v.1.
*smooches*
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Current Music: “Fly Me to the Moon” – Blossom Dearie
Next Movies: The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou and Kinsey
First, I watched Irréversible, a French film from 2002, directed by Gaspar Noé. To call this film "disturbing" would be gentle. It's entirely different from an Ichi the Killer sort of disturbing, however.
Shot in a similar fashion to Memento, the film starts with a sequence that is the end of the story, and then goes to the sequence before it, and so on. Unlike Memento, however, we learn much of the story as we go...no real "twists" to speak of, but Noé's almost nauseating camerawork -- a conscious choice, he has said -- combined with the grating sounds and horrible inevitability of a single event make you more wired as it goes on.
It's also quite interesting to learn that only about two pages were written for this film, making the rest of it all-but-improvised. Since I usually hate this French New Wave technique, it was surprising to see it work so well.
Violent, distressing, and with a crushing feeling of...ummm...irreveribleness...osity...ism...look, if you need to get your head messed with, watch this, it's really incredible.
Don't bitch at me later if you find it too upsetting.
Then Sara brought home Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy. Good points: Steve Carell's performance. Bad points: Damn near everything else. Actually stopped looking at the TV during the last 15 or 20 minutes.
Now I'm off to edit King of Fighters 2003 v.3 and Journal of the Vampire Hunter - Claws of Darkness v.1.
*smooches*
b
Current Music: “Fly Me to the Moon” – Blossom Dearie
Next Movies: The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou and Kinsey
