I strongly disagree with this. I was prepared to dislike
*Irreversible *because of the things I had heard about it,
and instead I wound up thinking that it is one of the
strongest movies of the decade, with nothing gratuitous about
it whatsoever. It is strong meat, to be sure, but I thought
it was incredibly powerful and moving. I think Roger Ebert's
thoughtful review really nails it:
http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20030314/REVIEWS/303140303/1023
The last paragraphs of the review are beautifully
written:
*The fact is, the reverse chronology makes
"**Irreversible*<
http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/classifieds?category=REVIEWS01&TITLESearch=Irreversible&ToDate=20081231>
*" a film that structurally argues against rape and violence,
while ordinary chronology would lead us down a seductive
narrative path toward a shocking, exploitative payoff. By
placing the ugliness at the beginning,
**Gaspar Noe*<
http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/classifieds?category=search1&SearchType=1&q=Gaspar%20Noe&Class=%25&FromDate=19150101&ToDate=20081231>
* forces us to think seriously about the sexual violence
involved. The movie does not end with rape as its climax and
send us out of the theater as if something had been
communicated. It starts with it, and asks us to sit there for
another hour and process our thoughts. It is therefore moral
- at a structural level.
As I said twice and will repeat again, most people will not
want to see the film at all. It is so violent, it shows such
cruelty, that it is a test most people will not want to
endure. But it is unflinchingly honest about the crime of
rape. It does not exploit. It does not pander. It has been
said that no matter what it pretends, pornography argues for
what it shows. "** Irreversible*<
http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/classifieds?category=REVIEWS01&TITLESearch=Irreversible&ToDate=20081231>
*" is not pornography. *
Mark
On 2/14/08, Nathan Cain <
IndieCrime@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Irreversible wasn't nearly as interesting as
Memento, and the rape
> scene, which went on for about ten minutes was
gratuitous.
>
> On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 8:23 AM, Fabienne soldini
<
fabsoldini@yahoo.fr<fabsoldini%40yahoo.fr>>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > I saw Memento few years ago and I like it. It's
a very amazing movie.
> There
> > is a French movie, made later, which uses that
king of narrative form.
> It's
> > "Irr鶥rsible" by Gaspard No鬠with Vincent Cassel
and Monica Belluci.
> The
> > film begins by the end, an very violent and
savage murder in a
> night-club.
> > And the spectator learns what happens before
and before, the explanation
> of
> > that murder. It is not excatly a crime movie
but it's very noir and
> cruel:
> > there is a rape scene very hard. But the
central thema, in my opinion,
> is
> > the destruction of a couple, in a very short
time, perhaps ten hours.
> But
> > that movie uses a criminal storie and very
violent scenes to express
> that.
> >
> > Fabienne
> >
> >
> > Jack Bludis <
buildsnburns@yahoo.com
<buildsnburns%40yahoo.com>> a 飲it
> :
> >
> >
> > I accidentally stumbled acrosss the movie
"Memento" last
> > night. I had never seen it and never been able
to find it
> > at local video stores.
> >
> > It's an interesting presentation with an inside
out plot
> > that has to be deciphered by the viewer but
will never be
> > deciphered by the lead who has an extreme case
of
> > short-term memory loss. If you put it
together
> > chronologically (as well as you could) it would
be a kind
> > of sad-sack noir.
> >
> > Some of it doesn't hang together, but so what.
Still
> > interesting. The beginning of the movie is the
end of the
> > story, the end of the movie is the beginning of
the story,
> > and in context Carrie-Anne Moss (of the Matrix
Trilogy) is
> > as bitch of a femme fatale as their ever
was.
> >
> > The lead, Guy Pierce, was one of the detectives
in the
> > movie "L.A. Confidential" and I understand he
will be
> > playing the lead in the movie of Cormac
McCarthy's "The
> > Road." (I looked it up.)
> >
> > For those who recommended it,
thanks.
> >
> > A nice pic for a Rare Bird to stumble over when
he's
> > spinning the dial. I have no idea what network
it was on.
> >
> > Jack Bludis
> >
> > http://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JackBludis
> > http://jackbludis.com/
> > Recent Story at http://backalleywebzine.com/
> >
> >
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