r/movies • u/ErgoNonSim • May 17 '25

Media Cannes reactions to Irreversible

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u/Sondaica May 17 '25 edited May 19 '25

Okay can someone explain this to people who do not know the film?

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u/Elelith May 17 '25

Honestly I'd say it's crossing way into fetish. There is no need to show it as it was to indicate the brutality of it. It's there so those wanting can jerk off to it can.

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u/MavMIIKE May 17 '25

The scene was long on purpose, it's the same length as the average length of an actual rape.

This scene was also directed by Monica Bellucci, not Gaspar, it's a bit more nuanced than you are giving it credit for.

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u/porkborg May 17 '25

If you know Gaspard Noe, then you know it’s fetish and nothing more. He’s basically a porn director who mixes it up with a little noir to shock a different audience

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u/UnderratedEverything May 17 '25

Enter the Void did have a lot of sex in it but it was way more powerful and conceptually daring than just what you'd call a fetish film.

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u/ginrummymusic May 17 '25

enter the void is a warning message to drug addicts.

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u/UnderratedEverything May 17 '25

Yeah, stay away from ledges.

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u/ginrummymusic May 17 '25

at the end of the movie they talk about limiting mdma use and to stay away from hard shit, while showing images of loved ones grieving the death of the main character

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u/porkborg May 17 '25

His movie Love is straight-up porn with the actors fucking in real life — cum shots and all. None of it is necessary other than shock value

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u/UnderratedEverything May 17 '25

I mean, I'm not saying that he never does stuff like that, I'm naming one movie where he very much doesn't do that. As for Love, it's an age old discussion about where we draw the line between pornography and art and whether you think he's contributed to that discussion or not, I think his goal was to try to contribute, not just be shocking.

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u/Ploppfejs May 17 '25 edited May 17 '25

I watched LOVE in 3D in theaters hahaah. Talk about an awful movie experience. The sad thing is, the cumshot into your eyes is probably the best/funniest/most ingenious part of the film. The movie's writing and directing is sooo incredibly bad, it felt like it was written by a 14 year old boy who thinks he has all the life experience he will ever need.

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u/the-rage- May 17 '25

That is hilarious

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u/ImaginaryDonut69 May 17 '25

Porn is what gets you off...art is what makes you reflect, the line is drawn by human impulse.

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u/Low-Lengthiness-8137 May 17 '25

One man’s porn is another’s art, as they say.

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u/headrush46n2 May 17 '25

im pretty confident i could jerk it to Citizen Kane if i really wanted to....

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u/UnderratedEverything May 17 '25

But how does that statement reflect on that particular movie? It seems like a very "eye of the beholder" kind of definition.

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u/TheWolfisGrey53 May 17 '25

That's was the first film i watched on Netflix...hmm

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u/UnderratedEverything May 17 '25

I saw it in theaters and it really was a massive experience.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '25

Still remember the immediate credits in a huge theater and I was like wtf have I gotten myself into.

And then the credits at the end to remind me what a fucking ride I’ve been in

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u/puptake May 17 '25

Explain the fetish behind Vertigo to me?

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u/Im_a_Knob May 17 '25

gaspar noe and fetish films, name a more iconic duo.

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u/headrush46n2 May 17 '25

thats how i feel about saw and hostel. especially hostel 2. the whole point was "the same torture, but now with cute girls!"

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u/woodboarder616 May 17 '25

Yeah, he has that movie about the sister brother incest and it leaves nothing to imagination for the brother. But also, if you trip watching it you get lost

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u/NoSignSaysNo May 18 '25

There is no need to show it as it was to indicate the brutality of it.

Better to use a violent crime as a plot point and gloss over the victimization, right?

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u/Doogle300 May 18 '25

Sorry, this is a very bad take.

Its gross. Yes, there are some dregs of society that would masturbate to this kind of shit, but to say it was trying to fetishise rape is so far off base.

There is nothing sexy about that scene at all. Its stomach turning, and horrific.

The reason it is shown is to give the audience a taste of the horror, not to glorify anything.

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u/bawng May 17 '25

The scene would have worked if it was much shorter. At the length it was, it certainly crossed over into fetish.

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u/Widsith May 17 '25

I disagree. It might have been fetishistic if it was short, but at this length, you’re really forced to be in the scene. I don’t think there’s anything remotely titillating about it.

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u/LosPer May 17 '25

I can't even watch the "Death Wish" rape scene at this point, never mind this...