What is the connection between Tibetan Book of the Dead and Enter the Void?
In a rare film accomplishment, Gaspar Noé’s “Enter the Void” inspires … Along the way, they have a cosmic discussion about the “Tibetan Book of the Dead,” sounding like a couple of aimless druggies with little connection to reality. Sources: www.movingpicturesmagazine.
Argentinian filmmaker Gaspar Noe knows how to shock us, and that’s definitely what he does with his latest feature, Enter The Void, which premiered Friday afternoon in Cannes. Highly anticipated for a while, Noe has been working to finish the film in time for its late-festival slot. Therefore, it comes to Cannes with little preliminary chatter, save for some blog hype based on a few stills and a hypnotic promo reel seen at earlier film markets. There were even rumors that he may not finish the film in time. But he did, and the final product is perhaps the most challenging film to premiere in the Cannes Official Selection this year. Nathaniel Brown plays Oscar, an American living in Tokyo who is addicted to psychotropic drugs like DMT. His sister, Linda (Paz de la Huerta), lives along with him in Tokyo and for some reason, works as a stripper. One night, Oscar is called to deliver some drugs to a friend in a bar, when he discovers he’s been set up. The cops gun him down, and we then spe
