Product Details
Irreversible (Widescreen) General
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| Video Format | Widescreen |
| UPC | 658149815926 |
| Release Date | 08/05/2003 |
| Running Time | 1 hour 39 minutes |
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| Number of Discs | 1 |
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Special Features
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| Region 1 |
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| Keep Case |
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| Widescreen - 1.85 |
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| Dolby Digital 5.1 - English |
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| Featurette: Making of the Special Effects |
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| Audio Commentary: |
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| 1. Gaspar Noe - Director |
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| 2. Director & Crew |
Format
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| Widescreen |
| Closed Captioned |
| English |
| Subtitled |
| English, Spanish |
Cast & Crew
Miscellaneous
| Muze Description |
| After what would normally be the end credits (which run backwards), IRREVERSIBLE begins with a heated hunt through a gay S&M club. It is a chaotic sequence shot from a wildly spiraling camera seamlessly edited together to appear as one single shot and culminating in one of the most violent murders ever portrayed on celluloid. Following this crescendo, Gaspar Noe's (I STAND ALONE) film uses a reverse narrative structure similar to MEMENTO through which the audience learns the motivations for the murder and the relationships of three parties directly involved, the beautiful Alex (Monica Bellucci) and two men who adore her (Vincent Cassel and Albert Dupontel). The frenzied style of the opening gives way to increasingly static camera work throughout leading to an idyllic final shot of Alex, who the audience has long known is a doomed woman, set to Beethoven and alive with color and youthful innocence otherwise absent from this bleak urban nightmare. The film disregards conventional editing by ending each scene with a dizzying camera whirl. Since each scene is intended to look like a single take (although there are seamless cuts throughout), this gives the film the appearance of one continuous shot. |
| Production Notes |
| Theatrical Release: MARCH 7, 2003 (NY/LA) |
Reviews
| Chicago Sun-Times |
| "...Moral at a structural level..." |
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| 03/23/2003 | p.5 | Roger Ebert |
| Entertainment Weekly |
| "...An amazing, and profoundly disturbing, experience....[Noe is] a new kind of film wizard: a poet of apocalyptic shock..." |
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| 03/14/2003 | p.45 | Owen Gleiberman |
| Rolling Stone |
| "...Noe's considerable accomplishment is to examine the relationship between life and art, time and memory. IRREVERSIBLE means to knock you for a loop. It does..." |
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| 03/14/2003 | p.74 | Peter Travers |
| Total Film |
| "...Taken as an exploitation flick -- Noe's preference -- this is 100 effective, guaranteed to shock and pummel..." |
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| 07/01/2003 | p.120 | Jamie Graham |
| Sight and Sound |
| "...A seductive and powerful film..." |
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| 03/01/2003 | p.47-8 | Leslie Felperin |
| Premiere |
| "...This confrontationalist is a moviemaker worth confronting..." |
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| 04/01/2003 | p.20 | Glenn Kenny |
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 | Irreversible-Will stay in your mind irreversibly
by aadnan613, 8/8/2009 |
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Pros: Dark story . Peformances
Cons: Too violent, Not suitable for under 18 .
The Bottom Line: This is one film that film lovers shouldn't miss, you will rarely come accross such a disturbing film which stays on your memory
Review: Irreversible- directed by Gaspar Noe, starring Monica Belucci is one of the most disturbing films yo
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| | The Future is Already Written
by toolfan828, 8/2/2009 |
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Pros: Monica Bellucci and cast, score, reverse narrative, tone.
Cons: Extremely disturbing at times.
The Bottom Line: A very intense film that's worthwhile if you can stomach it.
Review: Go on a forum and find a thread entitled “most disturbing films you’ve ever seen”
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| | Irreversible: Unrelenting, demanding, disturbing film
by mql1208, 3/19/2008 |
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Pros: Outstanding technique and performances
Cons: Brutal violence
The Bottom Line: Recommend this dark, gut wrenching film with a warning that it is not for the faint hearted because of graphic violence. You may not be able to finish watching.
Review: To reveal any details about the plot would significantly alter the experience, however, it explores
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