I was there for the premiere. I watched this with Gaspar Noé in the room. I cannot emphasize how unwatchable the last 20 minutes are. He wanted to clear out the theatre. Jesus fuck, my eyes. Literal paramedics waiting outside the theatre. That’s the review.

Had a psychedelic trip to this and began losing consciousness in the theatre. Actually felt like I was in danger. Fucking transcendent. Fucking euphoric.

FUCK!

FUCK!!

LUMIERE. 1AM. WILL NOT BE FORGETTING THIS.

Gaspar reached spiritual levels with this one.

(Seen at Cannes, and I got to thank him afterwards.)

""You all, healthy people, can’t imagine the happiness which we epileptics feel during the second before our fit... I don’t know if this felicity lasts for seconds, hours or months, but believe me, I would not exchange it for all the joys that life may bring.""
- Fyodor Dostoyevsky"
- Gaspar Noé

If Climax is Noe at his most approachable, this is him at his most Noe - a massive video essay/comedy/art installation clusterfuck filled with Porygon Z strobe stake burnings, Fassbinder and Dreyer quote intertitles, and constant multiformat split screen tracking shots, each having constant shouting in two different languages. As if bad film sets weren't stressful enough, wait until you see them through Gaspar's eyes.

Forgive the Cannes hyperbole but maybe the only movie that matters?

When in FUCK am I going to get to watch this

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https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.indiewire.com/2019/05/lux-aeterna-review-gaspar-noe-cannes-2019-1202142869/amp/

interesting article/write up if any other gaspar noé stans are interested :) i'm hype for the release!

It's a strange feeling, having the lights come up after a film only to realize you haven't been breathing properly for the last 15 minutes.

My mind is being pulled and stretched in so many different directions right now, it's hard to accurately collect my thoughts for a proper review.

I suppose that's the point, though.

P.S. There isn't an epileptic warning before the movie starts, but if you're reading this review AND you're epileptic, you've been warned.

De Palma, Her Smell, and Irma Vep all blended into a VERY Gaspar meta descent into hell. Starts out as what seems like a video essay but then turns into a hang out film but then goes off the fucking wall and ends with a strobe show. It’s also HILARIOUS. Easily his best fucking film, also the greatest film ever made under an hour. If there’s any film that should be experienced in a theater, it’s THIS.

Sitges film festival; day 4: film 6

Beyond enchanting, there are three sections of this film, each impeccable. It's a deconstruction of cinema and cinema production, satire of the industry. Its weird and beautiful and fucked up and every single second is perfect.

Cannes premiere w Gaspar Noe.

HOLY FUCK

Ten years later I will still remember this extraordinary experience

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Son zamanlarda başımı bu kadar ağrıtan başka bir şey izlememiştim.

No.

kelımden ne cıksa ızlerım

Come on, Noé. I know you like flashing lights but this is getting out of hand.

esos creditos men

Bastante buena, la primera que ví de gaspi y me gustó.
Si bien hay partes en donde no pasa mucho, los planos mantienen la atención y la constante construcción de tensión que desemboca en una escena larguísima (que llega hasta el punto de no solo ser molesto visualmente para los personajes, sino también para el espectador)
que cumple bien su efecto.

For those who are looking forward to watching this as much as I am, the film finally got an official release date (currently in Russia only) for April 9, 2020! Been waiting on this since the Cannes release, the hype is real.

Gaspar Noé’s latest film premiered at Cannes, with strong female leads in Beatrice Dalle and Charlotte Gainsbourg, and a cautionary tale about how awful filmmaking can be. It is car-crash telly with a strong message, and it will certainly disavow you of any romantic notions about the industry. But it’s also Noé, and some may feel that the long closing sequence of potentially epilepsy-inducing light and sound is just too uncomfortable (which it is, which is surely the point).

So each to their own.

Grand Theatre Lumiere, Festival de Cannes

big vibe