egil told me to watch this. fuck him for that suggestion. do not watch if you have sex.

egil told me to watch this. fuck him for that suggestion. do not watch if you have sex.

the visuals are what really stood out to me, everything just looks amazing and adds so much to it. it’s not just style though, it actually gets into life, love, and death in a way that feels real. i loved this one. one of my favorites.

the visuals are what really stood out to me, everything just looks amazing and adds so much to it. it’s not just style though, it actually gets into life, love, and death in a way that feels real. i loved this one. one of my favorites.

One of the most striking aspects of Enter the Void is its unflinching exploration of the human psyche. The film doesn’t shy away from depicting the darker aspects of existence—addiction, loss, guilt, and the inescapable pull of the past are central. But it doesn’t resolve these questions and actions, leaving everything for interpretation. The film’s images speak louder than its dialogue, making it feel real and human, a “make it yourself” movie where everyone’s interpretation is valid, depending on their fears, beliefs, and experiences. Memories and trauma in this movie aren’t just psychological but are deeper connections, interlinked with our sense of being and existing (I hope I’m making sense). I think in this movie, memories are living beings—maybe animals or entities that shape our existence, reality, and afterlife. That’s my favorite aspect of the movie: it’s terrifying and mesmerizing, one of the best theories of what happens after death, offering a more beautiful but still horrible view of life. What surrounds us shapes what will happen to us, our afterlife, and maybe where we land.

Technically, the movie is another masterpiece. It’s peak everything. It’s one of the most surreal, experimental films ever. Noé really was fearless, testing new things and ways of making movies, pushing the boundaries of cinema in visuals and sound. The film is shot almost entirely from a first-person perspective, with the camera often taking on the point of view of the main character, even after his death. This creates an immersive and often disorienting experience, as you’re placed directly into the character’s consciousness. The cinematography and camera work are perfect—the use of very long, unbroken shots and technical tricks makes the movie feel like three takes. It’s bonkers. The camera barely stops, zooming in and out, spinning aggressively, doing every possible movement, making everything feel dreamy. The color grading is amazing—it feels like a nightclub (a fair amount of the movie does take place in one), with vibrant and unsettling neon palettes of Tokyo nights. The blinking lights too—if you have epilepsy, skip this one. The film’s visual style is heavily influenced by psychedelic art and the neon aesthetics of urban Japan, resulting in a sensory experience that’s as hypnotic as it is overwhelming.

Unlike most films where CGI is used for realism, Noé uses it to make things more unrealistic, surreal, and confusing (when that smoke first appeared, I thought the guy was smoking a cigar from her pussy). The CGI allows the camera to move in impossible ways—it floats through walls, flies through the city. It’s amazing because we spend the whole movie just levitating, basically a POV of a ghost wandering through his own memories and time. This visual fluidity reinforces the film’s themes of transcendence and the blurring of boundaries between physical and spiritual realms. It’s a bold artistic choice that pays off, creating a sense of continuity and connection between the different planes of existence in the film. The sound creates the atmosphere too—it serves two purposes: to keep you on edge, with sudden shifts in volume and tone, and to fit the cyberpunky aesthetic of Tokyo while enhancing the disorientation and unease throughout the film.

Overall, Enter the Void is a mind-blowing experience. It’s very overwhelming thats for sure but also somehow peaceful representstion of trauma, time, and the human mind so basically peak. The movie follows a guy dying and reliving his life in a trippy, psychedelic way and it first-person perspective that immerses you completely, making you feel like you're inside his consciousness. Visually, it's insane—vibrant neon Tokyo nights, surreal CGI, and constant camera movement create a dream-like vibe. The film doesn’t answer all the questions it raises, leaving you to interpret its meaning based on your own experiences. It’s experimental, unsettling, and one of those films that sticks with you long after it’s over.

One of the most striking aspects of Enter the Void is its unflinching exploration of the human psyche. The film doesn’t shy away from depicting the darker aspects of existence—addiction, loss, guilt, and the inescapable pull of the past are central. But it doesn’t resolve these questions and actions, leaving everything for interpretation. The film’s images speak louder than its dialogue, making it feel real and human, a “make it yourself” movie where everyone’s interpretation is valid, depending on their fears, beliefs, and experiences. Memories and trauma in this movie aren’t just psychological but are deeper connections, interlinked with our sense of being and existing (I hope I’m making sense). I think in this movie, memories are living beings—maybe animals or entities that shape our existence, reality, and afterlife. That’s my favorite aspect of the movie: it’s terrifying and mesmerizing, one of the best theories of what happens after death, offering a more beautiful but still horrible view of life. What surrounds us shapes what will happen to us, our afterlife, and maybe where we land.

Technically, the movie is another masterpiece. It’s peak everything. It’s one of the most surreal, experimental films ever. Noé really was fearless, testing new things and ways of making movies, pushing the boundaries of cinema in visuals and sound. The film is shot almost entirely from a first-person perspective, with the camera often taking on the point of view of the main character, even after his death. This creates an immersive and often disorienting experience, as you’re placed directly into the character’s consciousness. The cinematography and camera work are perfect—the use of very long, unbroken shots and technical tricks makes the movie feel like three takes. It’s bonkers. The camera barely stops, zooming in and out, spinning aggressively, doing every possible movement, making everything feel dreamy. The color grading is amazing—it feels like a nightclub (a fair amount of the movie does take place in one), with vibrant and unsettling neon palettes of Tokyo nights. The blinking lights too—if you have epilepsy, skip this one. The film’s visual style is heavily influenced by psychedelic art and the neon aesthetics of urban Japan, resulting in a sensory experience that’s as hypnotic as it is overwhelming.

Unlike most films where CGI is used for realism, Noé uses it to make things more unrealistic, surreal, and confusing (when that smoke first appeared, I thought the guy was smoking a cigar from her pussy). The CGI allows the camera to move in impossible ways—it floats through walls, flies through the city. It’s amazing because we spend the whole movie just levitating, basically a POV of a ghost wandering through his own memories and time. This visual fluidity reinforces the film’s themes of transcendence and the blurring of boundaries between physical and spiritual realms. It’s a bold artistic choice that pays off, creating a sense of continuity and connection between the different planes of existence in the film. The sound creates the atmosphere too—it serves two purposes: to keep you on edge, with sudden shifts in volume and tone, and to fit the cyberpunky aesthetic of Tokyo while enhancing the disorientation and unease throughout the film.

Overall, Enter the Void is a mind-blowing experience. It’s very overwhelming thats for sure but also somehow peaceful representstion of trauma, time, and the human mind so basically peak. The movie follows a guy dying and reliving his life in a trippy, psychedelic way and it first-person perspective that immerses you completely, making you feel like you're inside his consciousness. Visually, it's insane—vibrant neon Tokyo nights, surreal CGI, and constant camera movement create a dream-like vibe. The film doesn’t answer all the questions it raises, leaving you to interpret its meaning based on your own experiences. It’s experimental, unsettling, and one of those films that sticks with you long after it’s over.

I really feel so happy with you. I feel free. I feel very, very free. You promise me you'll never leave me?

Have you seen when Nolan fans talk about how they watch his films because you have to watch it a certain way? Well, the first time I watched Enter the Void the way Noé would have loved, high while getting a handjob

Enter the void is a movie that I loved from the first time I saw it. Excellent approach with a single first-person sequence shot, seeking realism so thoroughly that it includes blinks; some very careful settings and lighting, with scenes that take your breath away, and some reflections that go a long way.

The beginning of the film is explosive. Oscar and Linda are two siblings who live in Tokyo. The two swear never to be separated after the accidental death of their parents. Oscar is a drug dealer and Linda makes a living as a stripper. However, Oscar dies while preparing to complete an assignment. The film introduces you fully to the protagonist, with abundant first-person shots, even generating a harmony between your blinking and that of the character. It is an ultrasensory journey of Oscar's soul after leaving his body, all related to the Tibetan "Book of the Dead."

Can death be filmed? Can agony be portrayed? Can someone else's pain be captured in images merged with one's own? Can we penetrate the world of inner traumas? Can you be cruel and tender? Can you draw a map where the most noble and the lowest of human beings reside? Can a cinematic experience be turned into something that transcends the screen? Can a frame be converted into part of the epidermis?

Gaspar Noé answers all these questions with Enter the Void, possibly one of the most risky and effective formal proposals, not gimmicky, filmed in recent times. It is evident that this is a production that will not leave you indifferent due to its vocation to move on the edge of the aesthetic and plot knife, however, the angry reactions to what was witnessed are somewhat shocking, taking into account that Noé is not a new director.

What is art? Art is a specific creation made by the human being through sound, linguistic, or graphic resources that allows the expression of an emotion, a sensation or a perception born from the most intimate part of the creative subject about the world (whether real or imaginary). in which it is located. When you understand the definition of this concept, so complex (and with many valid definitions) and at the same time so intense, in some way you begin to understand why true literature, that literature loaded with soul and emotion, is not an object of conversation among the majority. of people today. Or why, for example, rap, a musical genre that generally bases all its power on the most intimate and personal message that the artist wants to express in a certain song, does not play on the most popular radio stations and is still popular today. day one of the musical genres with the most prejudices among the music scene. Or why, usually, viewers get bored when you show them a Haneke film, those long and boring films in which nothing usually happens.
to fun and all you find is nothing but conversation, conversation and more conversation....

You begin to understand how the ideas of this society advance and how they evolve. You realize that easy, quick and superficial things are what hook and attract most people, to the point that you begin to question what is truly worth it and what is not.
I have been considering these reasonings for quite some time, putting them into practice and verifying them from my deepest being. And my own conclusion is that all the things that ask for time, ask for reflection and understanding, from my perspective, are worth it. But this has its own reasons. When someone invests more time in reflection and understanding, the more they think. And the more you think, the more ideas emerge within you and new perspectives open up about a certain thing in life. Life is full of ideas, and ideas are sensations, they are emotions... In short, they are life. But... what good are these ideas if you can't apply them to practical life...? All societies in this world have been created with ideas. All its areas (politics, economics, science, etc.) have been created with ideas. And it is these ideas that keep us alive. It is these ideas that allow us to move further and further. Those that allow us to always find a solution to our problems and those that analyze them.
One of the objectives of art is to make you see the importance of a human sensation in order to try to make you feel alive. So that you live that sensation with more intensity than ever. It doesn't matter whether the story in which that feeling is included is real or not. What matters is that you try to adopt that idea as intensely as possible until you make it yours. Until it goes deep inside you to make you feel truly alive.
Well, with this film something similar to the reasoning explained above happens. It may seem boring, long and very tedious to many. But if you are patient and try to pay attention, it will surely be worth it. Because everything that requires reflection and concentration is worth it.

Now that I think about it, I was too high to consent to what happened.

Note: How the review started and ended is worrying, I know, I had that moment as a memory of absolute pleasure and an unforgettable experience, since it is what I was closest to doing, you know, but now that I have matured a little I realize how worrying it is and that I was too high to think clearly. I'm completely clean now

I really feel so happy with you. I feel free. I feel very, very free. You promise me you'll never leave me?

Have you seen when Nolan fans talk about how they watch his films because you have to watch it a certain way? Well, the first time I watched Enter the Void the way Noé would have loved, high while getting a handjob

Enter the void is a movie that I loved from the first time I saw it. Excellent approach with a single first-person sequence shot, seeking realism so thoroughly that it includes blinks; some very careful settings and lighting, with scenes that take your breath away, and some reflections that go a long way.

The beginning of the film is explosive. Oscar and Linda are two siblings who live in Tokyo. The two swear never to be separated after the accidental death of their parents. Oscar is a drug dealer and Linda makes a living as a stripper. However, Oscar dies while preparing to complete an assignment. The film introduces you fully to the protagonist, with abundant first-person shots, even generating a harmony between your blinking and that of the character. It is an ultrasensory journey of Oscar's soul after leaving his body, all related to the Tibetan "Book of the Dead."

Can death be filmed? Can agony be portrayed? Can someone else's pain be captured in images merged with one's own? Can we penetrate the world of inner traumas? Can you be cruel and tender? Can you draw a map where the most noble and the lowest of human beings reside? Can a cinematic experience be turned into something that transcends the screen? Can a frame be converted into part of the epidermis?

Gaspar Noé answers all these questions with Enter the Void, possibly one of the most risky and effective formal proposals, not gimmicky, filmed in recent times. It is evident that this is a production that will not leave you indifferent due to its vocation to move on the edge of the aesthetic and plot knife, however, the angry reactions to what was witnessed are somewhat shocking, taking into account that Noé is not a new director.

What is art? Art is a specific creation made by the human being through sound, linguistic, or graphic resources that allows the expression of an emotion, a sensation or a perception born from the most intimate part of the creative subject about the world (whether real or imaginary). in which it is located. When you understand the definition of this concept, so complex (and with many valid definitions) and at the same time so intense, in some way you begin to understand why true literature, that literature loaded with soul and emotion, is not an object of conversation among the majority. of people today. Or why, for example, rap, a musical genre that generally bases all its power on the most intimate and personal message that the artist wants to express in a certain song, does not play on the most popular radio stations and is still popular today. day one of the musical genres with the most prejudices among the music scene. Or why, usually, viewers get bored when you show them a Haneke film, those long and boring films in which nothing usually happens.
to fun and all you find is nothing but conversation, conversation and more conversation....

You begin to understand how the ideas of this society advance and how they evolve. You realize that easy, quick and superficial things are what hook and attract most people, to the point that you begin to question what is truly worth it and what is not.
I have been considering these reasonings for quite some time, putting them into practice and verifying them from my deepest being. And my own conclusion is that all the things that ask for time, ask for reflection and understanding, from my perspective, are worth it. But this has its own reasons. When someone invests more time in reflection and understanding, the more they think. And the more you think, the more ideas emerge within you and new perspectives open up about a certain thing in life. Life is full of ideas, and ideas are sensations, they are emotions... In short, they are life. But... what good are these ideas if you can't apply them to practical life...? All societies in this world have been created with ideas. All its areas (politics, economics, science, etc.) have been created with ideas. And it is these ideas that keep us alive. It is these ideas that allow us to move further and further. Those that allow us to always find a solution to our problems and those that analyze them.
One of the objectives of art is to make you see the importance of a human sensation in order to try to make you feel alive. So that you live that sensation with more intensity than ever. It doesn't matter whether the story in which that feeling is included is real or not. What matters is that you try to adopt that idea as intensely as possible until you make it yours. Until it goes deep inside you to make you feel truly alive.
Well, with this film something similar to the reasoning explained above happens. It may seem boring, long and very tedious to many. But if you are patient and try to pay attention, it will surely be worth it. Because everything that requires reflection and concentration is worth it.

Now that I think about it, I was too high to consent to what happened.

Note: How the review started and ended is worrying, I know, I had that moment as a memory of absolute pleasure and an unforgettable experience, since it is what I was closest to doing, you know, but now that I have matured a little I realize how worrying it is and that I was too high to think clearly. I'm completely clean now