Enter the Void
- Enter the Void
- Drama, Fantasy
- France, Japan, Canada
- 2009
- Director: Gaspar Noé
- 161 min
- DCP
- Original Version
- with Nathaniel Brown, Paz de la Huerta, Ed Spear
Immerse yourself in the hypnotic world of ENTER THE VOID. In Gaspar Noé's controversial masterpiece, we follow Oscar, a young drug dealer who dies during a police raid. From the perspective of his spirit, we glide through Tokyo's neon-lit underworld, tracing his sister Linda and diving into his memories. In classic Noé fashion, the film explores themes of life, death, and rebirth. Artfully psychedelic scenes convey a sense of continuous movement through a kaleidoscope of human experiences. Despite—or perhaps because of—its polarizing impact, ENTER THE VOID remains a visually and narratively unique immersive journey.
Neon has been a defining feature in film history since the era of Film Noir, where it uses light in its purest form to convey intense emotional states. Noé employs this with unrestrained flair, swirling neon pink, blue, and yellow to evoke the psychedelic experience of his protagonist. Flickering neon light crackles with energy—its dramatic impact, combined with strobe effects, can create hallucinogenic dimensions and consciousness-altering realms.
Supporting Film: Kustom Kar Kommandos
- Kustom Kar Kommandos
- Music
- USA
- 1965
- Director: Kenneth Anger
- 3 min
- 16mm
- Original Version
- with Sandy Trent
This fragment, shot in San Bernardino at the very time when car customization was becoming a commercial subculture and journalists like Tom Wolfe were writing about it, is a dreamy little gem - the most perfect of Anger's films. He himself provided the music, the pink background and the white cotton swab used to clean the engine. Anger assumed that the car's creator, who is anonymous in the film, had not noticed that the tailor-made seats, which were supposed to perfectly enclose his body, were shaped like labia. Translated with DeepL.com (free version)
