Rent Enter the Void (2009)
3.1 of 5 from 178 ratings
2h 34min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- American siblings Oscar (Nathaniel Brown) and Linda (Paz de la Huerta) eke out a shared existence in Tokyo - he by dealing drugs, she by working as a stripper. However, tragedy strikes when a deal turns sour and Oscar is shot by the police. As his lifeless body lies on the floor of a public toilet, his soul floats high above the neon-drenched Tokyo streets, observing the effect of his death on his sister and reliving the events in his life that brought him to this juncture.
- Actors:
- Nathaniel Brown, Paz de la Huerta, Cyril Roy, Olly Alexander, Masato Tanno, Ed Spear, Emily Alyn Lind, Jesse Kuhn, Nobu Imai, Sakiko Fukuhara, Janice Béliveau-Sicotte, Sara Stockbridge, Stuart Miller, Emi Takeuchi, Rumiko Kimishima, Akira Kuzuki, Sayuki Nakamura, Kaori Nakamura, Naoko Hirosawa, Kenji Isomura
- Directors:
- Gaspar Noé
- Producers:
- Pierre Buffin, Olivier Delbosc, Vincent Maraval, Marc Missonnier, Gaspar Noé
- Writers:
- Gaspar Noé, Lucile Hadzihalilovic
- Genres:
- Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Collections:
- Female Filmmakers Who Changed French Cinema, Films by Genre
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 30/05/2022
- Run Time:
- 161 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0, English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.39:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Presentations of both the 143-minute UK theatrical cut and the full-length 161-minute director's cut
- Enter the Sensorium, a brand new visual essay on the film by author and critic Alexandra Heller-Nicolas
- Brand new video interview with typography designer and longterm Noe collaborator Tom Kan
- 8 deleted scenes
- Archival Making of - Special Effects featurette
- Archival Vortex featurette
- Archival DMT Loop featurette
- French and international theatrical trailers
- 8 teaser trailers
- 3 unused trailers
- Image Gallery
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Reviews (3) of Enter the Void
Sex, drugs & not a lot else. - Enter the Void review by CP
Pretty much a waste of time if you are looking for anything meaningful. A junkies life ends up down the shitter (literally) & the rest of the movie tracks the nihilistic consequences. The Buddhist book of the dead is thrown in as a reference but not actually followed. Very arty & clever camera work is the only plus.
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Hypnotic, Neon-Soaked Journey - Enter the Void review by griggs
Enter the Void is certainly a journey—one that dazzles the senses but tests the patience. Gaspar Noé crafts a hypnotic, neon-soaked plunge into the afterlife with stunning visuals and a unique first-person perspective. But at nearly three hours, it drags; I’m sure at least 30 minutes could have been shaved off without losing much. At times, it veers into the outright ludicrous, lost in its own self-indulgence, yet somehow it still tells an interesting story. It’s a film that’s more about experience than narrative, and while it’s impressive, it’s also exhausting. Stunning to look at, less fun to watch and even less fun to comprehend.
1 out of 1 members found this review helpful.
Visually and sonically arresting - but not my cuppa tea - Enter the Void review by AER
Gaspar Noe is a singular filmmaker continuously pushing technical and tasteful boundaries. There are two versions of ENTER THE VOID on this DVD/Blu Ray, I watched the longer cut screened at Cannes in 2008 or 2009 -> at 2.5 hours+ it is an immersive unique experience - however, I found the first person POV of the first 20 minutes very off-putting and a steep way into the film - once this angle changes the film gets easier to enjoy and follow. You certainly won't see another film as handsome, sonically impressive or neon-soaked as this - but I just didn't click with it because the characters were drug-dealing losers with zero personality.
Sorry.
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