Morbs I may get you but I get Whiney too.
I'm actually looking forward to watching it a few more times myself.
― http://tinyurl.com/jerrymacarena (gr8080), Sunday, 12 December 2010 17:49 (thirteen years ago) link
schindlers list goes down easy like soda pop
― manic pixie dream police (s1ocki), Sunday, 12 December 2010 18:06 (thirteen years ago) link
Noé do i wanna see this --kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius)
^still loling at
― http://tinyurl.com/jerrymacarena (gr8080), Sunday, 12 December 2010 18:19 (thirteen years ago) link
Going to see this tonight, perhaps. Is it good?
― Telephoneface (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 15 December 2010 21:30 (thirteen years ago) link
yes. its long tho.
― u aint messin w/ my dengue (gr8080), Wednesday, 15 December 2010 21:31 (thirteen years ago) link
Does the phrase "the most excruciating sit in recent cinematic memory" apply to this film? How so?
― Telephoneface (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 15 December 2010 21:34 (thirteen years ago) link
oh yeah
― patti ayonnaise (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 15 December 2010 21:54 (thirteen years ago) link
1. Super long2. Flickering strobey bullshit in a dark theater3. Lots o gore and shock4. Lots of surprises5. Bummerz galore
― patti ayonnaise (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 15 December 2010 21:55 (thirteen years ago) link
adam you should know that Whiney called it "film of the year" too
― u aint messin w/ my dengue (gr8080), Wednesday, 15 December 2010 21:56 (thirteen years ago) link
I know. Sounds good, except for the gore/shock, which I dont care for in moviez.
― Telephoneface (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 15 December 2010 22:53 (thirteen years ago) link
its not very goreshocky
― the jazz zinger (s1ocki), Wednesday, 15 December 2010 22:58 (thirteen years ago) link
uh
― patti ayonnaise (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 15 December 2010 22:58 (thirteen years ago) link
i dont want to take this thread to spoilertown, but u crazy
The car crash bit made me jump out of my skin. Wish I liked this movie more..
― Davek (davek_00), Wednesday, 15 December 2010 22:59 (thirteen years ago) link
oh ya that scene
but it's not like, torture porn
― the jazz zinger (s1ocki), Wednesday, 15 December 2010 23:10 (thirteen years ago) link
it's worse than torture porn because it's like REAL looking instead of like cartoonish Saw/Hostel bullshit that you can larf at
― patti ayonnaise (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 15 December 2010 23:18 (thirteen years ago) link
it's really not that explicit iirc
everyone's covered in blood, it lasts about 30 seconds...
o ya i forgot abotu the abortion scene tho :/
― the jazz zinger (s1ocki), Wednesday, 15 December 2010 23:52 (thirteen years ago) link
Even if it's not explicit per se, it's deployed in the most shocking of ways...obviously the most disturbing things are never so direct. See also: 127 Hours (at least IMO).
― Davek (davek_00), Wednesday, 15 December 2010 23:55 (thirteen years ago) link
you guys are forgetting the part where this is shit
― Simon H., Thursday, 16 December 2010 00:01 (thirteen years ago) link
This made the John Waters top 10 of the year in Artforum.
― would like a calmer set (Eazy), Friday, 17 December 2010 02:45 (thirteen years ago) link
<3
― franz kaptcha (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 17 December 2010 02:47 (thirteen years ago) link
can u post his whole list
― vladimir pootawn (am0n), Friday, 17 December 2010 04:42 (thirteen years ago) link
Did the Wire list come out yet?
― franz kaptcha (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 17 December 2010 04:48 (thirteen years ago) link
Here is Waters's list -- with commentary.
2 Enter the Void (Gaspar Noé) The best film ever about taking hallucinogenic drugs. Seizure-inducing title credits, cinematography that looks as if it were shot by a Gerhard Richter–influenced kamikaze pilot—even vagina cams. Gaspar, thank you. You’re my sweetheart.
― would like a calmer set (Eazy), Friday, 17 December 2010 04:51 (thirteen years ago) link
Kind of thought Waters would be feelin Machete
― franz kaptcha (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 17 December 2010 04:57 (thirteen years ago) link
Ha, the NYTimes distinguishes Noe as an "up and comer" in a recent fashion spread.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 23 December 2010 18:16 (thirteen years ago) link
saw this recently, cheesy as hell, couldn't wait for it to be over
― old man yells at cloud computing (am0n), Thursday, 23 December 2010 18:20 (thirteen years ago) link
The thing abt this film is not that it's super long but that it is sooooooooooooo slooooowwwwwwlllly paced. Like it just drags it's fucking feet along in a really drug-induced stupor.
― cowboy bibimbap (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 23 December 2010 18:22 (thirteen years ago) link
all the stuff that was supposed to shock just seemed hilariously bad, like a "drugs r bad" psa u see on tv but it goes on for hours
― old man yells at cloud computing (am0n), Thursday, 23 December 2010 18:24 (thirteen years ago) link
long running time + slow pace + dimestore Freud = a very poor time at the pictures
― Gukbe, Friday, 24 December 2010 16:46 (thirteen years ago) link
Jim Emerson, Chi Sun-Times:
Gaudiest credits sequence: "Enter the Void" (Gaspar Nöe). Of course, just because it's flashy and unwatchable doesn't make it any good.
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 8 January 2011 05:15 (thirteen years ago) link
What does "unwatchable" mean, given that he presumably doesn't mean it literally?
― Alba, Saturday, 8 January 2011 06:27 (thirteen years ago) link
i watched the fuck out of that credits sequence.
i probably watched them on youtube a dozen times before i saw the movie.
― gr8080, Saturday, 8 January 2011 11:01 (thirteen years ago) link
if i hate irreversible, would i like this?
― dan138zig (Durrr Durrr Durrrrrr), Saturday, 8 January 2011 11:23 (thirteen years ago) link
This movie. Wow (in a HaHa! way). All that time spent with these morons and the payoff is A Gigantic Penis Head?!
― A happenstance discovery of asynchronous lesbians (Capitaine Jay Vee), Tuesday, 11 January 2011 05:38 (thirteen years ago) link
isn't that what we're all waiting for
― Young Guns aside, the western is not my favorite genre. (latebloomer), Tuesday, 11 January 2011 05:52 (thirteen years ago) link
i don't remember hearing Throbbing Gristle or Coil in the film, but they've got their own title cards right there in the credits at 1:05-1:06.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLlLH6xDTD8
― circa1916, Wednesday, 26 January 2011 05:25 (thirteen years ago) link
missed that the first time around.
Tarantino was a fan of the credits:
"Yesterday in the process of announcing his favorite movies of 2010, filmmaker Quentin Tarantino had this to say about Enter the Void, which he ranked as the 10th best movie of the year: Hands down best credit scene of the year . Maybe best credit scene of the decade. One of the greatest in cinema history."
http://www.imdb.com/news/ni6630487/
― circa1916, Wednesday, 26 January 2011 05:30 (thirteen years ago) link
Seriously, I am totally glad I paid $10 to see this piece of shit in theaters bcz I got to experience the credits sequence.
― vienn?tta (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 26 January 2011 05:33 (thirteen years ago) link
shame it didn't end after the credits
― Gukbe, Wednesday, 26 January 2011 05:34 (thirteen years ago) link
i was pretty blah on this on first watch, probably a 2.5/5, but i can't help but want to see it again.
― circa1916, Wednesday, 26 January 2011 05:37 (thirteen years ago) link
I noticed this just popped up on Watch Instantly today.
― Darin, Wednesday, 26 January 2011 19:33 (thirteen years ago) link
Yep, streaming on Netflix.
― An Artily Shot Sesame Street (Eazy), Thursday, 27 January 2011 15:42 (thirteen years ago) link
Should I watch this or Dogtooth first? Dogtooth is shorter...
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Thursday, 27 January 2011 15:45 (thirteen years ago) link
Dogtooth. Then again I don't like Enter the Void.
― Gukbe, Thursday, 27 January 2011 16:59 (thirteen years ago) link
Though if you're like me that won't matter because of that whole "shorter" thing.
I caught this on Netflix last night. I was pretty impressed although the last hour dragged badly. My favorite part was the whole sequence of flashbacks to his childhood and the days leading up to his death. That part had the most coherent storytelling plus tons of great cinematography. Also, the whole long scene going from his apartment to the club was very well done. There were so many places that left me wondering how they actually achieved particular shots and effects. I'd love to see some of these techniques deployed in the service of a stronger script.
As it moved on to the endless shots of hovering over the city and then the very long Love Hotel sequence, I started to lose interest, but I could easily sit through the first hour and a half again.
― Moodles, Tuesday, 1 February 2011 16:52 (thirteen years ago) link
This is the most exciting film I have seen in my whole life. It didn't feel like two and a half hours because I was stunned and totally absorbed with this idea of a psychedelic out of body death trip. On paper I wouldn't have bought into this concept which is usually quite shite in movies but Noe makes the silent witness to events after his own death section a mix of neon hypnotic psychedelia, realist mundanity and extremity. It is a new approach to film-making to me because I cannot think of any film to compare it to.
The opening credits have set a new standard for creating excitement before the movie has started. In my youth I got into LSD + DMT and had to laugh at how Oscar kept asking the dealer if he had any DMT yet? It used to be very difficult to get that shit where I lived. But this is more than just a "druggy artporn film" (thats what my girlfriend called it before she stomped off to bed after the first hour). I keep thinking about this movie and cant get it out of my head. There are some moments when you wonder if he is just coasting with standard arthouse extremity (graphic sex, graphic car crash, vagi-cam and graphic abortion) but even so he has created a movie that can be expierienced like a great album. Just so exciting.
Enter The Void was my first Noe movie and I have now bought Irriversible which I will probably have to watch alone because my partner will call me a perv.
― Damo Suzuki's Parrot, Wednesday, 2 February 2011 21:27 (thirteen years ago) link
man ... DON'T watch Irreversible with your loved ones
― David Allah Coal (sexyDancer), Wednesday, 2 February 2011 21:35 (thirteen years ago) link