| | Irreversible DVD (9 Customer Reviews)
| Category | Dramas DVDs, Foreign Films Movies, French Videos, Violence, Gays, Couples, Rape, Sexuality | | Starring | Monica Bellucci, Vincent Cassel, Albert Dupontel, Philippe Nahon, Jo Prestia | | Director | Gaspar Noe | | Composer | Thomas Bangaltar | | Director of Photography | Benoit Debe | | Producer | Christophe Rossignon | | Screenwriter | Gaspar Noe |
Alex and Marcus are a couple whose story is told over the course of a fateful evening in a series of long takes. An emotional odyssey that unspools in reverse from gut-wrenching violence to sweetly observed moments of sublime tenderness. Stars Monica Bellucci, Vincent Cassel, Albert Dupontel. After what would normally be the end credits (which run backwards), IRREVERSIBLE begins with a heated hunt through a gay S&M club. It is a chaotic sequence shot from a wildly spiraling camera seamlessly edited together to appear as one single shot and culminating in one of the most violent murders ever portrayed on celluloid. Following this crescendo, Gaspar Noe's (I STAND ALONE) film uses a reverse narrative structure similar to MEMENTO through which the audience learns the motivations for the murder and the relationships of three parties directly involved, the beautiful Alex (Monica Bellucci) and two men who adore her (Vincent Cassel and Albert Dupontel). The frenzied style of the opening gives way to increasingly static camera work throughout leading to an idyllic final shot of Alex, who the audience has long known is a doomed woman, set to Beethoven and alive with color and youthful innocence otherwise absent from this bleak urban nightmare. The film disregards conventional editing by ending each scene with a dizzying camera whirl. Since each scene is intended to look like a single take (although there are seamless cuts throughout), this gives the film the appearance of one continuous shot. Theatrical Release: MARCH 7, 2003 (NY/LA) Irreversible Reviews: "...Taken as an exploitation flick -- Noe's preference -- this is 100 effective, guaranteed to shock and pummel..."
-- Jamie Graham, Total Film "...A seductive and powerful film..."
-- Leslie Felperin, Sight and Sound "...Noe's considerable accomplishment is to examine the relationship between life and art, time and memory. IRREVERSIBLE means to knock you for a loop. It does..."
-- Peter Travers, Rolling Stone "...An amazing, and profoundly disturbing, experience....[Noe is] a new kind of film wizard: a poet of apocalyptic shock..."
-- Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly "...This confrontationalist is a moviemaker worth confronting..."
-- Glenn Kenny, Premiere "...Moral at a structural level..."-- Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times Irreversible Movie Review Average Rating: (3.6 out of 5 stars)   List All Reviews This film is
repulsive trash!I guess I'll give it a single star for the impressive menu layout but how empty is THAT?Well one thing's for sure it couldn't be as empty as the evil yet hollow shell of a movie that awaits past the menu gates.Enter at your own risk!
Submitted by JT (Santa Barbara CA) 
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 Classic and real !
I must say alot of people will criticise the movie but i see this novie the true picture of society where people or seneless towards others and close their eyes and move away from such scenes showed in movie thinking they will never face such thing in their life but they are wrong its a great movie to watch and i will say go for it!
Submitted by b_bangash ("Islamabad,Pakistan")
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Brutal and Brilliant
When Alex is talking to her two men on the elevator she mentions a book she is reading that says that the future is already written and can't be changed. This is a very haunting scene considering what happens to her, and the pointlessness of all the horror. Did they get the right guy, watch again
Submitted by Dave (Virginia)
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This is one of the most unique flims I've seen in along time. It's hard to figure out what to say this is a great flim, Gaspar Noe is a great writer and director. See this flim.
Submitted by strikersnake (Imperial, Ca, USA)
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strangest movie I ever seen...
not only because it was filmed from the end of the flick to the begininng, but the WAY it was filmed was bizarre in itself, with the camera work spinning around during some scenes, and the showing of a rape scene that goes on for quite some time. It's clear Irreversible is not for the faint of heart, the movie jumps into the madness early on, and often. Very graphic, extremely violent, yet it's a very interesting watch.
Submitted by Culture (Queens, NY)
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Irreversible DVD Region 1
Keep Case
Widescreen -
1.85
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Additional Release Material:
Trailers
Deleted Scenes
Featurette: Making of the Special Effects
Audio Commentary:
1. Gaspar Noe - Director
2. Director & Crew
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