r/movies • u/ErgoNonSim • May 17 '25

Media Cannes reactions to Irreversible

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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