Noe Saturday Part 2: Irreversible (Or That Movie with That Horrible Scene in the Underpass)

It is very difficult to talk about a film with a scene so singularly powerful as that scene, which comes about 30 minutes or so into this mindfuckfest - the second feature of Gaspar Noe (and also the second part of the Noe Saturday): Irreversible.

That scene hasn't lost any of its power to shock. You try to avert your eyes, but your ears fail you. And by that time the scene is indelibly cemented in your mind. What's worse is, unlike what any other "sane" filmmaker would do, Noe's camera decides to take a breather for a while and fixates its gaze on that horrible act. No matter how many times I have seen it, I still find it incredibly disturbing.

Noe Saturday Part 1: I Stand Alone (1998)

Welcome to the Gaspar Noe Saturday of The Bru. There will be blood, semen, sweat, incest, Sans Serif title cards and credit scenes with 765-point font, a camera that refuses to stay still, industrial beats hell-bent on violating every ear drum within a city block, psychopathic individuals, unrequited love, unsatisfied sex lives, transvestites flashing out their snakes ... and it's a beautiful day here in London.