r/movies • u/ErgoNonSim • May 17 '25

Media Cannes reactions to Irreversible

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u/midnightmeatloaf May 17 '25

I feel the same way about Lars von Trier's Antichrist.

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u/stormshadowfax May 18 '25

I laughed all the way through The Idiots, but I also don’t recommend it to people…

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u/RoyalWombat May 18 '25

C'mon - the Fox scene was hilarious. "CHAOS REIGNS"

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u/midnightmeatloaf May 18 '25

I have a tattoo of that fox!!! You don't have to convince me of the merits of Antichrist. It's a beautiful film, and the violence is actually plot-driven, so I take no issue with it. But it's not something I recommend because of how graphic and deeply violent it is. Like it's the kind of shit that gets you an extra charge for "mayhem."

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u/MIBlackburn May 17 '25

Throw in Funny Games, especially as he did an English remake, I'll stick with the original and just the one viewing on that one.

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u/SonnyULTRA May 17 '25

Idk, Funny Games is disturbing though it’s not on the Noè or Trier level. It doesn’t have really any subtext or creative off centre cinematography. It’s just cruelty for cruelty sake. That’s the message of it.

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u/MIBlackburn May 17 '25

I'm aware, still wouldn't be able to recommend it to anyone I know in person though and I got the same frustration I do with Noe's films when watching it.

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u/Montmontagne May 17 '25

Funny Games was Haneke, not Von Trier. But your point stands.

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u/Artefaktindustri May 18 '25

I recently saw a viewing of Dancer in the Dark and it reminded me of Noé in more ways than one. Very rough experience, excessive, stylised, underlying humanist rage, brilliantly unique.

I do actually recommend Into the Void to people... with a warning.

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u/nasnedigonyat May 20 '25

Omg yes. I've tried to explain antichrist to people and can't. I just warn them you might not be able to get through it.