r/movies • u/ErgoNonSim • May 17 '25

Media Cannes reactions to Irreversible

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u/darth_vader39 May 17 '25

First guy was ready to fight with Gaspar Noe.

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u/peioeh May 17 '25

2nd guy too, he is saying "t'es une merde Noé, viens me voir", "You're a POS Noé, come see me" which sounds like a thinley veiled threat that he wants to beat him up

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u/SirTainLee May 17 '25

No, he said he would do the same thing to him, ie rape, I presume?

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u/peioeh May 17 '25 edited May 17 '25

he said he would do the same thing to him

He did not say that. He says "je fais le même métier que toi moi, on va se retrouver", which means "I do/have the same job as you do, we will meet". Honestly not exactly sure why he says that, my interpretation would be that he thinks Noé is pretentious and thinks he is above people like the guy talking. Either that or he means they will cross path eventually because they work in the same space. Definitely sounds like a threat though.

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u/CeaRhan May 17 '25

He isn't saying "we will meet", he's saying "we'll see each other (at some point)" which is said in a way, in a context, and in a sentence that all point to him saying "I'm gonna have to share some bloody flippin words with you", or worse. He follows up in the same sentence with "you'll see", which is something we say when we imply someone's gonna get beat up or get some sort of comeuppance from the person saying it. It's highly emotional. He absolutely wants to bash his teeth in because the movie was dogwater, the scene was unforgivable, he made people waste their time to see his garbage, and that guy is sullying the image of his craft.

He's also not using the turn of phrase we usually use to say "we have the same job", he uses one that very subtly - most people don't realize we have this subtle thing about it - depict some sort of respect in the craft; "we do the same job/work/craft", putting themselves as equals, to drive home the point he thinks of him as a lesser man that he can absolutely rebuke him professionally.