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Gaspar Noé


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Watching a Gaspar Noé film can sometimes be as much as an endurance event as a pleasurable day at the pictures. Causing nightmares and undoubtedly triggering enough trauma to keep a small army of therapists in business. The likes of Irreversible, Love and Enter the Void were punishing cinematic experiences, for differing reasons. With Lux …

French DJ and electronic musician Sebastian has released a new single, with an accompanying video directed by Gaspar Noe. The video for “Thirst” was also produced by French fashion house Saint Laurent, for whom Sebastian created the soundtrack for their autumn/winter 2017 collection, unveiled in Paris. “Thirst” is an ambient electric track that sits somewhere …

There are few, if any, living directors who take as much pleasure in pushing boundaries and traumatising cinema-goers as Gaspar Noé. The Argentine has made a career out of terrorising his audiences, both visually and aurally. When he releases a new film, it’s guaranteed to be an experience; whether you like it or not. That …

Gaspar Noé has been working hard to build up a reputation as the enfant terrible of modern film-making. In his previous outings, I Stand Alone, Irreversible and Enter the Void, he set about assaulting the viewer; using the camera as a weapon of violence to beat the audience to a bloody pulp. In his new …