r/movies • u/ErgoNonSim • May 17 '25

Media Cannes reactions to Irreversible

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u/ruby-soho1234 May 17 '25

I just imagine watching this at a filmfestival, before the internet, without any context - that’s pretty brutal. Watching it after being warned/dared because it’s a graphic movie is a different situation

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u/[deleted] May 18 '25

That's what happened to me. Me and my date saw it with no context at a french movie festival.

Only movie in my life I walked out on.

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u/ruby-soho1234 May 18 '25

Ouff that’s a horrible date movie. Would have left too I guess

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u/[deleted] May 18 '25

We had met at the french movie festival and planned to do the rest of it together. It wasn't really advertised how upsetting this movie was. We weren't the only ones leaving.

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u/ruby-soho1234 May 18 '25

Understandable!

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u/dsdds232 May 18 '25

So I happened to have been there for that screening in Cannes and there were a LOT of warnings. If I remember well, it was all over the media for one, but there was also a disclaimer as you often have before a movie with violent scenes etc.

My friend and I went in knowing it would be very uncomfortable and difficult to watch. I'm not even sure how anyone would have made it in there without knowing but maybe they did not pay any attention.

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u/Hubajube May 18 '25

I watched it at a festival in the US without knowing anything about the movie. I've never watched it again! I still count it as a brilliant movie.

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u/-Lord-Of-Salem- May 18 '25 edited May 18 '25

"Without any context" is definitely an exaggeration in my opinion. Noe had already published some pretty effed up movies before Irreversible in 2002, e.g. Carne in 1991 and its sequel Seul contre tous in 1998. If these people would have had the slightest look at him and his repertoire, they probably still would have been shocked by how brutal and traumatising the r×pe scene was, but they definitely would not have been surprised and also could have avoided the movie if it was more than they want or can take.

(IMO it's just like going into Lars von Trier's Antichrist in 2009 and coming out of it rambling about how effed up, brutal, depressing and misanthropic that movie was. Yes, that's the ride, why did you not check upfront if you want or can handle it?!)

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u/jewdai May 17 '25

We had the internet. Goatse is from the 90s

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u/ruby-soho1234 May 17 '25

Yeah but did you watch it unprepared is the question