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Irreversible: Admittedly Not For Everyone

Last year, Gaspar Noe's unbelievable film Irreversible was released. Being that I live in America and I don't often have the chance to hit up big time film festivals around the country, it took me a bit of time before I managed to catch it.
Was it worth the wait? I think so. In fact, I think that in terms of the technical side of film, Irreversible is one of the best films I’ve seen in the past two years or more. The camera is unbelievable here-- it matches very well the emotions experienced by the characters on screen, and it matches the situations and sets as well.
But we’ll get into all that later...because you’re wondering what it’s about, I’m sure.
If you haven’t heard of it, Irreversible is a rather simple revenge story that is told through a method similar to that of Memento-- reverse chronological order. The difference is that where in Memento, each reversed scene led directly into the scene previously shown. Irreversible only goes back in time en...

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