More Noe Love
Added 2022-02-09 21:02:34 +0000 UTCI'm working on a video where I rank Gaspar Noe films from worst to best. What would you say is your favorite Noe film and least Noe film?
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Again, I can't say much about Noe's films since I haven't watched them. All I know from reading is that some people who have seen his films are impressed but don't feel like rewatching them. I wouldn't agree in that Lars von Trier deals with pain just for the sake of it or that his work may be called singular. He often likes to look at Christian concepts typically transposing those to women characters like devotion and sacrifice ("Breaking the Waves", "Dancing in the Dark"), or apocalyptic ruptures ("Melancholia"). There is always a transcendental element in the story where pain (or trauma) ignites a complete shift of the world (internal or external). A rendez-vous with an emotional and physical singularity, leading to detachment, de-identification, and some form of transformation. Not happy-endings in the conventional sense, though. What you call masochistic interest can imo be interpreted merely as a reflection of Skandinavian mentality [that is elongated long-winter depression, of course^^]. I haven't watched "The Idiots", but from what I know this Lars von Trier movie is pretty wild and funny. One of his earlier films where he doesn't focus (yet) on the subject of pain. [Edit: Purely from the synopsis it also seems this film has some striking similarities with Gaspar Noé's "Climax". I suppose comparing those two films could be quite interesting.]
Laro
2022-02-19 10:01:15 +0000 UTCI disagree. I feel like Lars Von Trier is more interested in masochism for the sake of masochism. It lacks in the brightness and wildness for me that I feel when I watch Noe. I admire aspects of Lars Von Trier a lot, but more often he feels more interested in pain more as a singular concept.
Deepfocuslens
2022-02-19 00:27:34 +0000 UTCI maybe should note that I have been consciously avoiding Noe Gaspar Noe's movies so far. But a valid charaterization of Noes work compared with another provocative/scandalous filmmaker Lars von Trier seems to be the following: Lars von Trier likes to torture his actors in the process, whereas Noe Gaspar prefers to torture his audience. I don't wish to initiate a discussion about artistic quality at this point, but what can be said for sure is that Lars von Trier's movies are rewatchable, at least.
Laro
2022-02-17 10:56:08 +0000 UTCI havent seen Love or I Stand Alone because they are really hard to find without pirating. I would say Enter the Void or Irreversible are at the top followed by Climax. Hard to say which one of the two deserves the top spot. Lux Aeterna would be last for me.
Ryan
2022-02-11 13:30:24 +0000 UTCinteresting
Deepfocuslens
2022-02-10 23:52:02 +0000 UTCHaven't seen Vortex yet either. I really want to.
Deepfocuslens
2022-02-10 23:51:53 +0000 UTCI think I Stand Alone is a bit underrated for sure.
Deepfocuslens
2022-02-10 23:51:28 +0000 UTCI mean it's hard to not think Love is his worse. As for his best, probably Irreversible just cause it's probably his most thematically tight and consistently engaging film. Though Climax squeaks it out for me some days and Enter the Void, for all it's faults, is kind of an unforgettable film experience.
Tyler Shobe
2022-02-10 18:13:04 +0000 UTCI stand Alone is the Noe film people barley talk about, it’s definitely rough around the edges in a first film kind of way, but it’s dope. If you like Irreversible the main character in I Stand Alone is the old man at the beginning.
jared Clarke
2022-02-10 15:15:15 +0000 UTCI only know of him because of your videos on him. Never actually seen any of his films.
Wolfman Brandon
2022-02-10 01:52:07 +0000 UTCIrreversible is my favorite film of his, it’s a masterpiece. My least favorite is Love as well. I haven’t seen Lux Aeterna yet. I plan to watch it tomorrow or Friday. So I may have to edit this, haha
Jestergambit
2022-02-10 00:34:22 +0000 UTCEnter The Void Climax Irreversible I Stand Alone Lux Aeterna Love
jared Clarke
2022-02-09 22:07:56 +0000 UTCIrreversible is my favourite. Love is my least favourite. I haven't seen Lux Aeterna or Vortex yet.
Woosh
2022-02-09 21:54:12 +0000 UTCbest - Enter The Void worst - Love
Oskitello
2022-02-09 21:23:47 +0000 UTCJesus, I've never heard of him or any of his films--much less have a ranking of his works. I feel oddly impotent.
Steven Aguilera
2022-02-09 21:11:27 +0000 UTC
