The first half of Climax was great, especially the dance sequences, but the second half was too much
― Dan S, Monday, 18 April 2022 23:14 (two years ago) link
Don’t want to click on that link, but should I go see that film?
― Don't Renege On (Our Dub) (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 11 May 2022 00:08 (two years ago) link
I usually find his stuff difficult to take but I have a complementary ticket courtesy of a certain streaming service that expires on Friday.
― Don't Renege On (Our Dub) (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 11 May 2022 00:14 (two years ago) link
Françoise Lebrun? I’m intrigued.
― Don't Renege On (Our Dub) (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 11 May 2022 00:20 (two years ago) link
I see that Ward Fowler rated it 8/10, slightly higher than what he gave The Worst Person in the World.
― Don't Renege On (Our Dub) (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 11 May 2022 00:24 (two years ago) link
Looks like the screen times aren’t going to work for me anyway.
― Don't Renege On (Our Dub) (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 11 May 2022 00:29 (two years ago) link
So maybe Petite Maman instead. Better screen times and half the run time.
― Don't Renege On (Our Dub) (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 11 May 2022 00:39 (two years ago) link
I’ll see every movie he makes until the second aneurysm hits him
― Max Hamburgers (Eric H.), Wednesday, 11 May 2022 03:05 (two years ago) link
Re: 'difficult to take' - this is emotionally gruelling obv, but not viscerally unpleasant in the way of previous Noe jams. He plainly feels affection for Lebrun and Argento (both of whom are fantastic, and quite brave in submitting to a pitiless camera gaze) and he really captures the way that couples who have been together for a very long time interact with each other - a mixture of familiarity, exasperation and almost bewildered affection.
Good joint interview with Noe/Argento here:
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/may/09/gaspar-noe-vortex-interview
― Ward Fowler, Wednesday, 11 May 2022 08:44 (two years ago) link
Went to see Vortex tonight because my son (who's 17, don't worry) is a big Noe fan — he's even watched Irreversible, which I've never been able to will myself to. Anyway, we both thought it was profound and moving. "Emotionally grueling" is a fair description, but only in the way that, you know, life is. It has some of Noe's fixations — drugs, disconnection — but all in an understated way that serves the story. All three of the primary cast members are very good. The central conceit of the split screen never feels gimmicky, it's a way of showing how two people sharing a life in the same apartment can inhabit different worlds. Really a pretty terrific film.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Friday, 20 May 2022 01:11 (two years ago) link
Wait, this nerd just recut "Irreversible" into chronological order?
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 9 February 2023 20:00 (one year ago) link
Apparently it's a blu-ray special feature on a rerelease that is being released to theaters because sure why not
― mh, Thursday, 9 February 2023 22:00 (one year ago) link
From last year and not a terribly surprising list but this part is just perfect. It has context but still funny.
The day I turned eighteen, my mother said, “It’s your eighteenth birthday, come with me, I’m, going to take you to see Pasolini’s Sodom. We need to talk about human cruelty.”
https://thequietus.com/articles/31507-gaspar-noe-favourite-films-bakers-dozen
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Thursday, 29 June 2023 21:05 (ten months ago) link