Once a month or so, I'm going to feature a personal favorite director in the realm of bizarre theatre. Since I just posted my personal favorite movies along these lines, why not start with the director of my numero uno?
Gaspar Noé's notable work starts with 1991's Carne, a short film in which the nameless butcher character first appears and goes on to be the feature in I Stand Alone and is included in the first scene of Irreversible. Noé is on the record as saying that he has drawn influence from director Stanley Kubrick and the great 1983 movie Angst (watch it if you haven't). To this point, I have seen Noé's 3 feature films (I Stand Alone, Irreversible, Enter the Void) and Carne. In the true spirit of this blog, ranking them in order of shock factor would personally go Irreversible, Carne/I Stand Alone (remember the name main character in these? Says it all) and last but not least Enter the Void. Enter the Void is not a terribly shocking movie per se (maybe that's my internet desensitization talking), but along with Begotten is one of the most aesthetically pleasing movies I've seen, not to mention a vaginacam view in one of the final scenes. I strongly suggest everyone watches all four in chronological order, but if violence is your thing, go with Carne/I Stand Alone. If drug culture is your thing, go with Enter the Void. Just be prepared for weird angles and lots of disorientation when you sit down for a Noé movie.
Gaspar Noé's notable work starts with 1991's Carne, a short film in which the nameless butcher character first appears and goes on to be the feature in I Stand Alone and is included in the first scene of Irreversible. Noé is on the record as saying that he has drawn influence from director Stanley Kubrick and the great 1983 movie Angst (watch it if you haven't). To this point, I have seen Noé's 3 feature films (I Stand Alone, Irreversible, Enter the Void) and Carne. In the true spirit of this blog, ranking them in order of shock factor would personally go Irreversible, Carne/I Stand Alone (remember the name main character in these? Says it all) and last but not least Enter the Void. Enter the Void is not a terribly shocking movie per se (maybe that's my internet desensitization talking), but along with Begotten is one of the most aesthetically pleasing movies I've seen, not to mention a vaginacam view in one of the final scenes. I strongly suggest everyone watches all four in chronological order, but if violence is your thing, go with Carne/I Stand Alone. If drug culture is your thing, go with Enter the Void. Just be prepared for weird angles and lots of disorientation when you sit down for a Noé movie.
Complete filmography, courtesty of Wikipedia:
Feature Films
- I Stand Alone (1998)
- Irreversible (2002)
- Enter the Void (2009)
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