Enter the void
At an abstract entitled "Enter the void", which, however, for the protagonist, whose eyes (literally) we look at what is happening, is quite direct meaning, is hidden a history of brothers and sisters in early childhood, which have lost their parents in a car accident. Ever since they have vowed always be together, but the life decided otherwise...
Trying to determine for myself the genre of this picture, I stopped for a psychedelic (not to be confused with psychological) drama. Events unfolding in the film are really very dramatic. Especially, if we mention the game of actors. I got the strong feeling that it is not actors at all, but directors friends (by the way, his name – Gaspard will also sounded few times in the film), who literally live in the film. And as it turned out, my feelings were far from the truth - in more than half who starred in the film, including the protagonist, it was the first experience in cinema, and one character so far turned out to be another director.
But a separate, primary, role in the film, in my opinion, I would like to give one person - the operator Benoit Debie. I do not know what he got up with his camera (and camera if it is generally in the conventional sense), but during watching this film I’ve made it sure, that there are no inaccessible places for him to shoot. Mounting is made in such way that the image is in a constant motion, as if it has been done from a one double. And so almost 3 hours, throughout which we see the night. Only 2-3 moments will bring us to the light of day. In general, light (electric) in the visual symphony of the films is almost the first violin. Not by chance at the beginning of this review, I called the painting is a psychedelic. And if a fairly simple plot does not make you to feel this film, the visual component will surely do this.
Yes, the movie is not for everyone (in a good way), yes, the mood (and time), not a family movie, and those viewers who are not waiting until the end, left the room to clear evidence. Undoubtedly, the techniques which have been used by Gaspar Noe, are unusual and experimental. The creators go away from ordinary clichés and violate the unwritten rules of cinema. Almost a third of the picture is occupied by abstract images, and the soundtrack is comprised almost entirely of ambient music, or just silence, which is interspersed with the slightest movement of characters, breathing, and even beating their hearts.
Without a doubt I can say that the viewing experience of "Enter the void" will remain in my heart for a long time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lI89ovR36r0