![]() Irreversible is not multiplex fodder (this was reportedly the most walked-out film of 2002), but it's not pornographic slop either. ![]() ![]() I asked much the same question about Salò, another film of excruciating brutality that I defended for being intelligent and well-made. Still, you might think, who would want to subject themselves to such viciousness? The depravity is not for show, but is an integral part of what the movie is about and why. If that scares you off from seeing the film, let me also add that this is a genuinely intelligent and provocative movie. Both scenes are shot in graphic, unflinching detail. The second is in the middle, where Alex (Monica Bellucci) is attacked in a subway tunnel by a sinister homosexual pimp, tormented, anally raped, and has her head pounded against the concrete until she slips into a coma. The first is near the beginning (beginning?) where a clubgoer has his face smashed in with a fire extinguisher. No mistake about it: Irreversible contains two of the most ghastly, stomach-souring moments I have ever seen in a serious theatrical film. ![]() By Serdar Yegulalp on 03:08:14 No comments
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