I first saw this film 10 years ago when I was 16, and a few years later I met this girl at a college event who - drunkenly - asked me if I've ever seen Enter The Void and I said Yes. We started chatting and got along really well, so much so we've been together 7 years and got engaged this past summer
Can we talk about the opening credits of this film??? It was completely separate from the film but I loved all the strobing light effects and music, it hooked me instantly. Climax does a lot of that stuff as well and even better I think.
Climax is freaking terrifying. Definitely turned me off a bit from psychedelics, even though I didn't think people on LSD would ever rely behave that way.
It's fun and interesting to find meaning and deep ideas in this movie or any movie but I think the main thing, the most important aspect by far is aesthetic and the unbelievable filmmaking achievement. Noe is the son of a painter and really not an intellectual, his scripts are always 2 or 3 pages long, language and concepts are hidden in the backgroud, it's all about the framing, the light, the sound, camera movement, the editing and creating the most stunning, amazing, incredible sensory experience.
@@maciek8159 It's more that the substance is implied within the style. Substance doesn't have to be front and center for it to mean anything to the film. Noé isn't the first filmmaker to do this of course, but that's still what his style is
@@maciek8159 that's what substance in film is, not a bunch of pseudo intellectual crap blurted into a script. Cinema is not literature, and the audiovisual experience IS the point of cinema. Not characters saying shit, not plot, not superficial crap like that
@@marcogianesello6083 you are contradictory if cinema doesn't need story or script or a goal then cinema has not to do anything with movies or films! but where there are films there is cinema they go hand in hand. the meaning of audiovisuals is important if not it becomes too much abstract and meaningless to be called good cinema. that's where this movie fails!
BTW: Gaspar said he saw 'Lady in The Lake'[1947] in a theater while on psilocybin fungi . He wanted to give people that similar feeling..or something to that effect.
The idea of confronting your own mortality when you look into the face of your newborn child is so jarring yet beautiful. What an insightful, open-minded review!
I got recommended to watch this my first time taking acid, I am so glad that I checked it out beforehand because this movie is enough of a mindfuck sober XD
@@Maschine_Elf whether you recognize the racial implications and its complete utter propagandized system as a form of mental slavery brought to you by you Charles Darwin the master of imposing rustication of colonialism through falsified rhetoric.. Study more about racism before you try to diminish another form of pseudo verbal pocket play involving "beauty"
@@Maschine_Elf then let the war begin and see who wins in the end.... I assure you Darwins ideology that it would be the more fairer Caucasian race shall be laid to rest
I just watch this last night for the first time while taking psychedelics, and this movie really left a mark on me. I have never experienced art to the point to where I had every raw human emotion that it almost made me want to vomit.. not because it was bad... but the story and journey were life changing for me. I cried for 5 hours after that experience. I was able to discover a lot about myself from the movie
Enter the Void is a beautiful depiction of certain themes in the Tibetan Book of the Dead mixed with Thus Spoketh Zarathusa. It is also influenced by an Ayahusca trip Noe had. Definitely my favorite film of all time. Great review, thank you for your thoughts!
Great review! I've never taken drugs but a year or two ago I had this insane existential panic attack and all the themes that are in this movie are what I went through. In a sense you could almost say that my brain gave me a bad trip out of nowhere. It just went on and on and on and nothing helped. It was like my physical being was a speck of dust and suddenly everything became clear to me in a way it hadn't been before. I saw everything from the tiniest cell to the enormity of the universe and there was nowhere for me to hide and no way for me to go back. When I came out of it I was not the same person and I immediately switched from not wanting children to framing my entire life around the becoming a parent in the near future. I also started becoming more proactive and facing my fears. It was wild. Watching this movie totally was like reliving all those things that I went through thanks to my weird brain and I love this movie for that. It's a shame that some people watch Enter the Void and miss out on this journey. I'm just happy that I could experience it again through a movie and this time with 99% less fear and panic.
Thanks for the review and love the Alex Grey inspired Top. I like where possible you dress within the theme of the film you're reviewing. A nice subtle touch
4:55 WHY DOES EVERYONE SAY THAT JUST THE FIRST BIT IS FIRST PERSON POV? THE ENTIRE MOVIE IS POV. YOU NEVER EVER EVER EVER LEAVE THE PERSPECTIVE OF OSCARS SPIRIT. EVEN WHEN YOU'RE SEEING THE "POV" BIT IN THE BEGINNING, ITS STILL JUST TRYING TO MIMIC WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE TO BE A WHISPY ETHEREAL BEING MERELY INHABITING A HUMAN SHELL.
It was a very unusual movie, and quite thought provoking/discomforting (which is great). During the middle the pace does slow a bit too much, probably the first person out of body view of the dudes ghost floating around from location to location for long periods. Overall one of those films that you don't see often.
Yesss you said one of my theories at 7:30, I like both ideas of the film, the idea of him dying and being in purgatory until he reaches his end and also the idea of him just tripping the whole time, I loved the subtle hints of being in purgatory and experiencing nightmarish visions pushing him towards rebirth ect and exploration of the 7 deadly sins
I’ve watched this a few times, but I always have to skip over the death scene up until the point where he has the out of body experience. The sound design with Oscar’s pulse slowing, his vision dimming and blurring, it gives me anxiety beyond belief which no film has ever done before. It’s so visceral. The rest of the film after is a beautiful and emotional release, and I love it after that, but the first act of the film is an anxiety trip for me. But that’s okay, because it’s art.
Fantastic review! I just watched this film and had mixed feelings but you solidified my liking of the movie. It makes me want to re-watch the film more than once.
Enter the Void is seriously exhilarating. I have never seen someone with the ability to give a proper visualization of DMT. I don't really know how to explain the exact feeling I felt the first time I saw this movie as I was with my EX GF at that time and we were enjoying the movie together which gave it a different vibe. I lost my parents due to suicide which lead to a lot of existential uncertainty and since their deaths, I have unfortunately become a severely depressed agoraphobic who suffers from severe social anxiety. Reason I am giving that info is because since then I have been obsessed researching different cultures views on death. I am obsessed with Alan Watts and other individuals who are deeply connected with what they believe life is all about and what may happen afterwards. But here is the thing, since I feel that is impossible to ever truly know and be honestly being somewhat suicidal as well (but I try to medicate with psychedelics whenever I can that literally changes me more and more every time closer to being more self loving which I need badly) I feel that if there is even a possibility that concious comes with us into the afterlife, then I dont want to die because I dont want to have to spend eternity feeling how I do now, and I dont like this life at times either.. too exhausted and lonely to live, but too scared to die. So ALL of that being said... The second time I saw it, I watched it alone and the reason I watched it is because I wanted to revisit it now that I am more aware and interested in the topic at hand within this film. This time around I felt like I was watching the most beautiful HORROR movie. I literally was scared at times knowing what was about to happen and when you are so infatuated with death, but for the wrong reasons, its kinda scary and exciting at the same time. I WILL say that this isnt a film to me. This is videographic look into the curious yet close to certain mind of an individual and what his concept of death may as well be. To me it was like school. to others you may leave confused, or hell, my one buddy was traumatized by it and told me he cant do any psychadelics anymore because of the movie and bailed out of our planned trip to south america to and ayhuasca retreat, Now I am stuck gonig alone which I cant find the courage to do so. Anyways. This movie to me is a beautiful mind bending and altering horror philosophy film that I think I will watch again in a year or so and use it as a gauge for my healing and she if it makes me uneasy and uncomfortable as it did this last time
Thanks for sharing. I feel the same way about a lot of these things. Try watching the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey...to me, towards the ending of that film, they gave an amazing depiction of what an intense DMT trip is like...I cant verify it firsthand, but I know people who have tried it and agree. It sort of tackles this idea of the afterlife , rebirth, reincarnation, but SPOILER through the len of traversing a wormhole .
I get the point about the dialogue being too straightforward but, without this clarity, the psychedelic aspects of the film could be totally lost. It is a very complex journey and a lot to take in at once so I appreciate how Gaspar uses the dialogue to almost annunciate his message. By doing this he opens up the 'trip' to a broader audience. Also, the conversations were somewhat authentic to me, personally. I feel like I've had that same conversation that Alex and Oscar had at the beginning of the movie. Great review tho, this in itself made me feel like I was tripping :p
Holy sh! youre like a blast from the past. My youtube used to be filled with psychedelic folk like yourself but since it got watered down and everyone deleted it sort of organically unravelled out of my life. it’s a shame. stamped out like a bad infestation. oh well, il always be that way at heart. amazing review. can i recommend you a movie? it’s my favourite of recent times. blew me away
Hey, I really liked the video, and you seem like a really cool, interesting person. You mentioned doing psychedelics and was wondering if you think you may ever make a video on it or about drugs in general. Would love to hear a trip experience or just your views on consciousness and the third eye or shit like that.
Dude... I woke up early one morning and couldn't get back to sleep. I stumbled upon this film and it shocked me. I've never felt more uncomfortable by a film in my life. I love your interpretation! :)
Collective Vision - Alex Grey... I saw this movie a few years ago after having been through a great deal of study and experience. This movie is a great visual representation of a perspective coinciding between death, and the Tibetan book of the dead. As it has been said that the Pineal gland releases DMT when we're born, dream, and die. The brain is flooded with DMT when we die. The Tibetan book of the dead is a guide on how to aid the spirit/soul to go through those phases. Either to escape Samsara (reincarnation into the earth realm) by becoming a Buddha, or to help choose the womb and location in which to be reborn. Also the colors of lights, how to manage Yiddams, other energetic deities. There is a great deal of information in the TBOTD that associate to keys managing our mental states in passing.
Great review, I think you are very on-point with everything , especially the view that this film is more of an emotional and sensory experience than a story-based movie made for entertainment
So I just watched this with my mates, and this is a movie unlike any other. I’d say it’s rather disturbing but on an intimate level and it made me very uncomfortable watching, but that’s what the move is trying to do. I actually found it quite existential, but the movie has a lot of meanings and is incredibly well made. A film to experience, but if you do watch it...get ready as there many things in this film which will probably disturb you... The psychedelic aspect is really well integrated and I’d say really realistic, especially if you’ve experienced psyches before haha
Great review. I sure clicked with this film having had a close brush with death and have gone out of body for several days. Medical researches believe the brain releases DMT when you are dying.
On some level I think this film is unreviewable. It's so hard to criticise because it has such a strong creative vision, so that even if you don't like it you can't help but accept it. Have you seen Irréversible? It's a masterpiece
Not true my dude! Enter the void is like a painting with a story behind it. The painting is great, very pretty, stunning, etc, but the story was meh, not so good. Characters in the painting were boring but the painting some times makes up for it (car crash). So watch it for the paining not the story, that’s pretty much it.
Erick Tello story and deep charachers aren’t a part of it, it doesn’t need substance. It would be bad if it had to, it doesn’t need the focus on it. The style becomes the substance
SurrealDream that’s when you’re wrong, the movie was doing well with visuals but when it came to characters they did focus on making them seem important which it fail clearly, you even said they don’t need substance but they did add it. So... if the director wanted it visualization without substance then this should’ve been a quiet movie that tells it story using visuals not characters. You can’t ignore the characters especially when they have dialogues.
Erick Tello Yes they did tho, but you need to see it more as an 'side story/plot'. The charachters are there to support the trip of the movie. The movie is told with images, not with a story and charachter develepment. The only thing that matters are their actions they do in the movie, and that was good for what it was, so the trip of the movie could go to crazy places and the visuals came really forward. The style becomes the substance. It isn't a movie where you really can complain about lack of story and depth.
Dude just got done watching this movie. Great review. Very helpful in breaking down what I just watched. It was like did I just see all that in film and does it mean what I think it means. Needed confirmation. Crazy flick hard to watch sometimes. The actress that plaid Linda both as a kid an adult cried their butts off for this film. The camera work was unique and creative.
The separation between style and substance is the most arbitrarily misused notion I can think of when it comes to film. 99% of the time that is brought up, it's completely and utterly meaningless and it's mostly brought up as some kind of "justification" for why a well made film doesn't click with you, while the same principle simply is not applied to the films you connect with exclusively because you actually connected with them and not because of any actual objective standard.
Do you know if there was a directors cut version?? I swear that the first time I saw it there was a whole act about him being cremated, and being in a car post death with his sister?? And every time I have seen it since it has been missing that. Did I make this up??
I find that tripping while watching movies about tripping to be somewhat counterproductive. I used to like dosing and watching Lynch or Gilliam films or other gifted psychological directors.
you don't have to influence your life through drugs primarily. be careful about consuming self-evident simply because it fits the topic. let Enter the Void state as quality movie about drugs, drug use & their users on his own, while you can keep yourself enjoying this masterpiece as a self-determined individual.
I'd like to see how his dmt trip is like compared to my ayuhusca trip. Is this harder to watch than the tunnel scene in Irreversible? Sounds a bit like A Ghost Story in a sense as far as the time.
Oh i think based on what Gaspar Noé has said about the film you did sort of miss a big part of the point. For example, you mentioned how Alex’s “exposition dumping” was a flaw of the film, but how Noé describes the film, Oscar’s entire experience after he gets shot is essentially just a death dream influenced by what he had just heard about the afterlife from Alex. The film as described by Noé is much more cynical and depressing than how you (and initially I) have interpreted it. Oscar does not in fact reincarnate at the end, nor are any of the events that take place after Oscar is shot necessarily “real”. All of the movie post-oscar getting shot occurs within the dying brain of Oscar.
You killed it. Maggie are you putting up videos quickly so you can take a hiatus in near future or are we lucky enough that you will continue putting up more and more videos?
Not really. I don't think I have enough followers for that. Plus I really don't pay much attention to movie news. I just review whatever I feel like reviewing. I'm way too out of the loop.
Fair enough. But you have almost 4000 followers (yay!). You could talk about anything, classic movies, their deeper themes, or dissecting a movie, you could even do that on your video like those weirdos at Red Letter Media. haha
I checked this movie out in the library years ago! I liked it but am still mildly fucked up from after watching it. I sort of want to see it again and i only know one other person who saw it and she really liked it, called it "hella crazy."...lol. But its definitely worth adding to one's indie video collection, so I guess ill buy it once I find it. Also, Noé has a new film out called Climax I've been interested in peeping as well. Heard about it?
Climax is the only film from Gaspar I have seen and I am not ready to watch this one just yet as I have heard it is even more intense XD Gaspar is so brutally honest when it comes to story-writing and some would find many of the scenes unnecessary. I do have a love/hate relationship with him and his work. His cinematography work is absolutely brilliant, the way he's able to draw the viewer in is incredible. As I have said, I have only seen one work so I cannot comment on the others, but climax has an incredibly simple plot, but for some reason I could not take my eyes off the screen. In my opinion, you have to be a bit careful with these movies, they are so powerful that you really do need to be in a good state of mind to handle them, but maybe that's just be being over....sensitive XD i don't know anymore. I do believe people should be given a slightly bigger warning before these films begin, but aside from that, they are incredibly clever. Gaspar certainly puts me off taking anything at all every again XD
I always took it as when Oscar dies. Because you see from his perspective that the camera now is his soul watching the events after, and then flashing back though his life memories, and on to endless empty void.
Just watched this for the first time, amazing technique, rethinking the medium. I agree the characters are a bit 2D, the themes and dialog are way too forward. Still great experience. I think A Scanner Darkly pulled off a better story driven experience dealing with the topic of drugs with expressive flair.
I know people like Alex in real life, so for me it didn't register as exposition but rather as a character trait that is useful for exposition 🤣. The film is an experience and an exhausting one at that, my first view reaction was: OMG what an amazing, literally mindblowing movie, I'm not sure I ever wanna watch that again in the near future, so go figure
I can tell you experienced lsd. You seem to have a very high level of awareness. I really like how you learned how to express yourself at a greater potential.
I agree. I wish psychedlics weren't so difficult to obtain. I believe my 3rd eye is halfway open, hence others can't understand why I don't follow the standard of what I "should be" as a Hispanic male,(I've been called the most atypical Puerto Rican someone's ever met)..and I wish to open my 3rd eye entirely..maybe then I can accept the ugliness of the world (humans) for what it(they) is(are)..
The radical first person that the movie employs is so wild, as out there an experience as Hardcore Henry, and with just about as much (excellent) geek show content.
I only watched it once years ago, but while watching it I thought it was one of the best films ever. I'll have to watch it again. Too many returns to that horrendous crash scenes as I recall. I read somewhere that Noe himself said it was the drug trip that the character experienced while he was dying in the toilet, which was somewhat deflating for me because I enjoyed it more literally. Maybe the most awful viewing experience of a film I've ever had--and I don't mean that necessarily in a negative way--was Noe's "Irreversible." So painful to watch.
I've liked the concept of a someone who get killed and then we see his souls floating around trying to figured out what's going on for him and others and how his death effect them in many ways and what will he do after that , being able to reach his memories and comparing the past to the present or his last moments , regard less if that really what happening or maybe this is just his dream after the psychedelic experience in the first scene of the movie , but I have many issues with it that makes me bored and seeing how many minutes left to finish it , like the very long scenes of each sexual moments or the transition of the soul around lights and building he used that a lot in order to tell us that the soul floating freely but I get it don't show it to me every time , I think I can remove 30 minutes of the movie and the story will be the same , there's absolutely no need for extended cut when we addressing this type of categories of movies , in many times I just feels like he's showing off about his Capabilities of using and moving the cameras to tell a story , and the characters seemed shallowed to me and I'm interested in their stories more than them
I was completely sober when I watched this movie and it didn't resonate with me like it does for many others. I feel like you have to be on psychedelics to enjoy it.
Insightful as fuck! To me, the movie has more to do with escapism and the misguided attempts to latch onto such a notion. Oscar has serious, irrefutable trauma from his past. From the get-go (if one looks at the film in a chronological manner), Oscar and his sister have been emotionally conjoined through sense of shared loss that strengthens all the more when their parents die in a tragic car accident. After ending up in a foster home, their sense of rebellion and fleeing this toxic world they both now live in is matched only by their desire to be together. Once the two reach adulthood, Tokyo seems like the perfect metaphor for their situation. The concept of going to a place (or state of mind) to provide a distraction from the past is not unheard of, and it makes sense when we put Oscar's and his sister's plight into perspective. One can make the connection between Tokyo's colorful neon lights and general vivid aesthetic (beautifully ramped up to 10 in this film for poetic reasons) and the psychedelic drugs Oscar, along with his sister, begins delving into. The metaphor of escaping trauma through shallow means links Oscar traveling to Tokyo as well as his turn to drugs. Both serve as a means to forget the past and enjoy the present. However, both of these attempts are misguided, as running away from your problems isn't healthy, and the demons of yesteryear will eventually show themselves yet again. This is especially true with the usage of psychedelics. It's a common misconception that LSD, shrooms, DMT, or any other kind of similar "third-eye-awakening" substance are simply used to feel "tripped out" or merely to experience a euphoric high. Many people (some that I happen to know personally) have indeed used these drugs with the notion to feel these effects. They want to retreat into themselves and allow the real world to disappear for whatever reason. The reality of true psychedelia sinks in when the drug forces these people to explore themselves in extreme depth, which can be horrifying if they haven't confronted certain sensitive (or even gruesome) aspects of their being. This is the case with Oscar, as he is forced to look into his past and relive certain moments that he and his sister have continually suppressed for all their lives. This is very true for many psychedelic drugs. You are confronted with your truest, most raw form of yourself. This experience is the exact opposite of escapism, which is what Oscar wanted from the very beginning. He wanted to retreat from his personal demons by burying himself deep into the world of drug culture, but is instead confronted with the hellish retreading of his damaged past. The beautiful, energetic lights of Tokyo, Japan are the perfect backdrop to Oscar's drug experience. This is especially true as his trip becomes darker and more visceral throughout the course of the movie and we begin to see less of these lights and more of Oscar's past. Similar to his drug/after-death experience, Tokyo has transitioned from being a thoughtless paradise to an agonizing journey through hell. Whether Oscar died or not is another discussion entirely (in my opinion... the two still go hand-in-hand however), but the visual and narrative use of metaphor that showcases the nature of a psychedelic trip and Oscar's internal conflict is wonderfully integrated and make the film a work of singular brilliance.
I watched this movie on LSD and would highly recommend it. The only thing is that I genuinely don't know what was visual effects in the film and what was just my trip lmao.
i fucking loathe this movie.........and i fucking adore it......... ?!?! i watched it once when it came out and it has been ingrained ever since. i think i can watch it again soon.
The opening sceen of when he takes dmt is the most accurate depiction ever created as somone who has done dmt it's scary and I hope he's not right about death amzing film
When you get a chance definitely check out The Handmaiden it's really fantastic. I saw that you liked Oldboy, and I love it too, but I think Handmaiden is even better. Swag channel, keep on keepin' on.
Watched on shrooms. It wasn't very pleasing. It put me in a bad trip while alone and looking at everything like it was evil. Tried watching wreck it Ralph just to lift my spirits aaaaand made it worse. 🤣🤣🤣
I first saw this film 10 years ago when I was 16, and a few years later I met this girl at a college event who - drunkenly - asked me if I've ever seen Enter The Void and I said Yes. We started chatting and got along really well, so much so we've been together 7 years and got engaged this past summer
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Can we talk about the opening credits of this film??? It was completely separate from the film but I loved all the strobing light effects and music, it hooked me instantly. Climax does a lot of that stuff as well and even better I think.
One of the absolute best movie intros ever I think. Top 3 all time imo
Climax is freaking terrifying. Definitely turned me off a bit from psychedelics, even though I didn't think people on LSD would ever rely behave that way.
It's fun and interesting to find meaning and deep ideas in this movie or any movie but I think the main thing, the most important aspect by far is aesthetic and the unbelievable filmmaking achievement. Noe is the son of a painter and really not an intellectual, his scripts are always 2 or 3 pages long, language and concepts are hidden in the backgroud, it's all about the framing, the light, the sound, camera movement, the editing and creating the most stunning, amazing, incredible sensory experience.
So he's all style and no substance?
@@maciek8159 It's more that the substance is implied within the style. Substance doesn't have to be front and center for it to mean anything to the film. Noé isn't the first filmmaker to do this of course, but that's still what his style is
@@maciek8159 that's what substance in film is, not a bunch of pseudo intellectual crap blurted into a script. Cinema is not literature, and the audiovisual experience IS the point of cinema. Not characters saying shit, not plot, not superficial crap like that
@@marcogianesello6083 you are contradictory if cinema doesn't need story or script or a goal then cinema has not to do anything with movies or films! but where there are films there is cinema they go hand in hand. the meaning of audiovisuals is important if not it becomes too much abstract and meaningless to be called good cinema. that's where this movie fails!
BTW: Gaspar said he saw 'Lady in The Lake'[1947] in a theater while on psilocybin fungi . He wanted to give people that similar feeling..or something to that effect.
The idea of confronting your own mortality when you look into the face of your newborn child is so jarring yet beautiful. What an insightful, open-minded review!
I got recommended to watch this my first time taking acid, I am so glad that I checked it out beforehand because this movie is enough of a mindfuck sober XD
yeah bro i was high watching this and it was kinda crazy in the first quarter of the movie but after it’s pretty chill
@@Maschine_Elf evolution? really
@@Maschine_Elf whether you recognize the racial implications and its complete utter propagandized system as a form of mental slavery brought to you by you Charles Darwin the master of imposing rustication of colonialism through falsified rhetoric.. Study more about racism before you try to diminish another form of pseudo verbal pocket play involving "beauty"
@@Maschine_Elf then let the war begin and see who wins in the end.... I assure you Darwins ideology that it would be the more fairer Caucasian race shall be laid to rest
@@Maschine_Elf not one human being has "observed" any kind of evolution on a macro level youre adopting a belief based around inherent racism
I just watch this last night for the first time while taking psychedelics, and this movie really left a mark on me. I have never experienced art to the point to where I had every raw human emotion that it almost made me want to vomit.. not because it was bad... but the story and journey were life changing for me. I cried for 5 hours after that experience. I was able to discover a lot about myself from the movie
This movie has some of the most amazing camera work. But I watched it only once. I didn't have the guts to watch it twice.
I didn't think it was boring but felt kind of sad
I get that. To me it reads as saying that all deaths are sad, but part of life. The context makes that contrast pop. The beautiful meets the raw.
Enter the Void is a beautiful depiction of certain themes in the Tibetan Book of the Dead mixed with Thus Spoketh Zarathusa. It is also influenced by an Ayahusca trip Noe had. Definitely my favorite film of all time. Great review, thank you for your thoughts!
I love that DMT inspired shirt you are wearing, and its perfect for this film's review, and your reviews are really quite good.
Khan Samiuzzaman when try dmt or lsd or you have trip that destroy your brain or not?
@@milanfilipovic9162 ego yes, brain no.
It`s based on the art of Alex Grey, in pop culture mostly known for hes coverart for the band Tool.
@@sveinunglidsheim5828 i’m pretty sure that exact shirt is from his website
@@unknownsince0486 it is. They're like 45-65 bucks
Great review! I've never taken drugs but a year or two ago I had this insane existential panic attack and all the themes that are in this movie are what I went through. In a sense you could almost say that my brain gave me a bad trip out of nowhere. It just went on and on and on and nothing helped. It was like my physical being was a speck of dust and suddenly everything became clear to me in a way it hadn't been before. I saw everything from the tiniest cell to the enormity of the universe and there was nowhere for me to hide and no way for me to go back. When I came out of it I was not the same person and I immediately switched from not wanting children to framing my entire life around the becoming a parent in the near future. I also started becoming more proactive and facing my fears. It was wild.
Watching this movie totally was like reliving all those things that I went through thanks to my weird brain and I love this movie for that. It's a shame that some people watch Enter the Void and miss out on this journey. I'm just happy that I could experience it again through a movie and this time with 99% less fear and panic.
Thanks for the review and love the Alex Grey inspired Top. I like where possible you dress within the theme of the film you're reviewing. A nice subtle touch
Cool shirt. Goes with the film being reviewed:)). I personally love the film.
Rusty Ryan was gonna say the same. Love Alex Grey
Rusty Ryan Alex grey
4:55 WHY DOES EVERYONE SAY THAT JUST THE FIRST BIT IS FIRST PERSON POV? THE ENTIRE MOVIE IS POV. YOU NEVER EVER EVER EVER LEAVE THE PERSPECTIVE OF OSCARS SPIRIT. EVEN WHEN YOU'RE SEEING THE "POV" BIT IN THE BEGINNING, ITS STILL JUST TRYING TO MIMIC WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE TO BE A WHISPY ETHEREAL BEING MERELY INHABITING A HUMAN SHELL.
Easily one of my favorite movies. Loved your review. Would love to hear your thoughts on Gaspar's film "Love"
It was a very unusual movie, and quite thought provoking/discomforting (which is great). During the middle the pace does slow a bit too much, probably the first person out of body view of the dudes ghost floating around from location to location for long periods. Overall one of those films that you don't see often.
Yesss you said one of my theories at 7:30, I like both ideas of the film, the idea of him dying and being in purgatory until he reaches his end and also the idea of him just tripping the whole time,
I loved the subtle hints of being in purgatory and experiencing nightmarish visions pushing him towards rebirth ect and exploration of the 7 deadly sins
Was just searching for some thoughts on CZcams after watching the movie. I loved what you had to say! Also, your calm & bright energy is wonderful.
Thank you! :)
I’ve watched this a few times, but I always have to skip over the death scene up until the point where he has the out of body experience. The sound design with Oscar’s pulse slowing, his vision dimming and blurring, it gives me anxiety beyond belief which no film has ever done before. It’s so visceral. The rest of the film after is a beautiful and emotional release, and I love it after that, but the first act of the film is an anxiety trip for me. But that’s okay, because it’s art.
Interesting the first person pov parts are my favorite
@@venicec3310 i love first person povs especially in films. They way they made his thoughts sound so realistic is whats cool.
it's the first review I've ever heard on this movie (top 10 for me!)! thank you! awesome move! every time i see it, i learn more! ty again!
Fantastic review! I just watched this film and had mixed feelings but you solidified my liking of the movie. It makes me want to re-watch the film more than once.
Enter the Void is seriously exhilarating. I have never seen someone with the ability to give a proper visualization of DMT. I don't really know how to explain the exact feeling I felt the first time I saw this movie as I was with my EX GF at that time and we were enjoying the movie together which gave it a different vibe. I lost my parents due to suicide which lead to a lot of existential uncertainty and since their deaths, I have unfortunately become a severely depressed agoraphobic who suffers from severe social anxiety. Reason I am giving that info is because since then I have been obsessed researching different cultures views on death. I am obsessed with Alan Watts and other individuals who are deeply connected with what they believe life is all about and what may happen afterwards. But here is the thing, since I feel that is impossible to ever truly know and be honestly being somewhat suicidal as well (but I try to medicate with psychedelics whenever I can that literally changes me more and more every time closer to being more self loving which I need badly) I feel that if there is even a possibility that concious comes with us into the afterlife, then I dont want to die because I dont want to have to spend eternity feeling how I do now, and I dont like this life at times either.. too exhausted and lonely to live, but too scared to die. So ALL of that being said... The second time I saw it, I watched it alone and the reason I watched it is because I wanted to revisit it now that I am more aware and interested in the topic at hand within this film. This time around I felt like I was watching the most beautiful HORROR movie. I literally was scared at times knowing what was about to happen and when you are so infatuated with death, but for the wrong reasons, its kinda scary and exciting at the same time. I WILL say that this isnt a film to me. This is videographic look into the curious yet close to certain mind of an individual and what his concept of death may as well be. To me it was like school. to others you may leave confused, or hell, my one buddy was traumatized by it and told me he cant do any psychadelics anymore because of the movie and bailed out of our planned trip to south america to and ayhuasca retreat, Now I am stuck gonig alone which I cant find the courage to do so. Anyways. This movie to me is a beautiful mind bending and altering horror philosophy film that I think I will watch again in a year or so and use it as a gauge for my healing and she if it makes me uneasy and uncomfortable as it did this last time
Thanks for sharing. I feel the same way about a lot of these things. Try watching the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey...to me, towards the ending of that film, they gave an amazing depiction of what an intense DMT trip is like...I cant verify it firsthand, but I know people who have tried it and agree. It sort of tackles this idea of the afterlife , rebirth, reincarnation, but SPOILER
through the len of traversing a wormhole .
I get the point about the dialogue being too straightforward but, without this clarity, the psychedelic aspects of the film could be totally lost. It is a very complex journey and a lot to take in at once so I appreciate how Gaspar uses the dialogue to almost annunciate his message. By doing this he opens up the 'trip' to a broader audience. Also, the conversations were somewhat authentic to me, personally. I feel like I've had that same conversation that Alex and Oscar had at the beginning of the movie. Great review tho, this in itself made me feel like I was tripping :p
Great review! The experiences in this movie are very close to my own experiences when I did a course which dealt with rebirth and the birth trauma.
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Holy sh! youre like a blast from the past. My youtube used to be filled with psychedelic folk like yourself but since it got watered down and everyone deleted it sort of organically unravelled out of my life. it’s a shame. stamped out like a bad infestation.
oh well, il always be that way at heart. amazing review.
can i recommend you a movie? it’s my favourite of recent times. blew me away
Hey, I really liked the video, and you seem like a really cool, interesting person. You mentioned doing psychedelics and was wondering if you think you may ever make a video on it or about drugs in general. Would love to hear a trip experience or just your views on consciousness and the third eye or shit like that.
Dude... I woke up early one morning and couldn't get back to sleep. I stumbled upon this film and it shocked me. I've never felt more uncomfortable by a film in my life. I love your interpretation! :)
Collective Vision - Alex Grey...
I saw this movie a few years ago after having been through a great deal of study and experience. This movie is a great visual representation of a perspective coinciding between death, and the Tibetan book of the dead. As it has been said that the Pineal gland releases DMT when we're born, dream, and die. The brain is flooded with DMT when we die. The Tibetan book of the dead is a guide on how to aid the spirit/soul to go through those phases. Either to escape Samsara (reincarnation into the earth realm) by becoming a Buddha, or to help choose the womb and location in which to be reborn. Also the colors of lights, how to manage Yiddams, other energetic deities. There is a great deal of information in the TBOTD that associate to keys managing our mental states in passing.
Great review, I think you are very on-point with everything , especially the view that this film is more of an emotional and sensory experience than a story-based movie made for entertainment
Amazing review. I really appreciate your thoughts on this tremendous work of art which is a total existence experience.
One of my favorites! Hope you will get to see and review Climax
So I just watched this with my mates, and this is a movie unlike any other. I’d say it’s rather disturbing but on an intimate level and it made me very uncomfortable watching, but that’s what the move is trying to do. I actually found it quite existential, but the movie has a lot of meanings and is incredibly well made. A film to experience, but if you do watch it...get ready as there many things in this film which will probably disturb you...
The psychedelic aspect is really well integrated and I’d say really realistic, especially if you’ve experienced psyches before haha
Great review. I sure clicked with this film having had a close brush with death and have gone out of body for several days. Medical researches believe the brain releases DMT when you are dying.
On some level I think this film is unreviewable. It's so hard to criticise because it has such a strong creative vision, so that even if you don't like it you can't help but accept it.
Have you seen Irréversible? It's a masterpiece
Not true my dude! Enter the void is like a painting with a story behind it. The painting is great, very pretty, stunning, etc, but the story was meh, not so good. Characters in the painting were boring but the painting some times makes up for it (car crash). So watch it for the paining not the story, that’s pretty much it.
Most reviews if were being honest^
Erick Tello story and deep charachers aren’t a part of it, it doesn’t need substance. It would be bad if it had to, it doesn’t need the focus on it. The style becomes the substance
SurrealDream that’s when you’re wrong, the movie was doing well with visuals but when it came to characters they did focus on making them seem important which it fail clearly, you even said they don’t need substance but they did add it. So... if the director wanted it visualization without substance then this should’ve been a quiet movie that tells it story using visuals not characters. You can’t ignore the characters especially when they have dialogues.
Erick Tello Yes they did tho, but you need to see it more as an 'side story/plot'. The charachters are there to support the trip of the movie. The movie is told with images, not with a story and charachter develepment. The only thing that matters are their actions they do in the movie, and that was good for what it was, so the trip of the movie could go to crazy places and the visuals came really forward. The style becomes the substance. It isn't a movie where you really can complain about lack of story and depth.
Dude just got done watching this movie. Great review. Very helpful in breaking down what I just watched. It was like did I just see all that in film and does it mean what I think it means. Needed confirmation. Crazy flick hard to watch sometimes. The actress that plaid Linda both as a kid an adult cried their butts off for this film. The camera work was unique and creative.
Cool shirt
This was awesome. Love your perspectives
I love Noe but w his films you always get style over any actual substance. He is definitely one of my favorite current directors though.
Nicolas Winding Refn does the same thing. It's style over substance.
The separation between style and substance is the most arbitrarily misused notion I can think of when it comes to film. 99% of the time that is brought up, it's completely and utterly meaningless and it's mostly brought up as some kind of "justification" for why a well made film doesn't click with you, while the same principle simply is not applied to the films you connect with exclusively because you actually connected with them and not because of any actual objective standard.
Finally a good review on this movie, good job
why is the lettering on the book shelf back to front
Brilliant review. Did you see both versions (the regular and extended)?
Thanks. The original, I believe.
one of my favorite films. great review
Your review is perfect. Thank you.
Do you know if there was a directors cut version?? I swear that the first time I saw it there was a whole act about him being cremated, and being in a car post death with his sister?? And every time I have seen it since it has been missing that. Did I make this up??
If only you had LSD, it would have been a weird rollercoaster ride to insanity.
I find that tripping while watching movies about tripping to be somewhat counterproductive. I used to like dosing and watching Lynch or Gilliam films or other gifted psychological directors.
Or Kubrick's 2001 and maybe a little from the Shining.
you don't have to influence your life through drugs primarily. be careful about consuming self-evident simply because it fits the topic. let Enter the Void state as quality movie about drugs, drug use & their users on his own, while you can keep yourself enjoying this masterpiece as a self-determined individual.
Nice review! What do you think of Noe's 'Love'? Would you ever review it too?
Haven't seen it. But I'm curious.
while this film is very difficult to review, this is one of the better ones I've heard, kudos
I'd like to see how his dmt trip is like compared to my ayuhusca trip. Is this harder to watch than the tunnel scene in Irreversible? Sounds a bit like A Ghost Story in a sense as far as the time.
It’s not that hard to watch tbh
Oh i think based on what Gaspar Noé has said about the film you did sort of miss a big part of the point. For example, you mentioned how Alex’s “exposition dumping” was a flaw of the film, but how Noé describes the film, Oscar’s entire experience after he gets shot is essentially just a death dream influenced by what he had just heard about the afterlife from Alex. The film as described by Noé is much more cynical and depressing than how you (and initially I) have interpreted it. Oscar does not in fact reincarnate at the end, nor are any of the events that take place after Oscar is shot necessarily “real”. All of the movie post-oscar getting shot occurs within the dying brain of Oscar.
Beautiful review 😍😍😍😍
You killed it. Maggie are you putting up videos quickly so you can take a hiatus in near future or are we lucky enough that you will continue putting up more and more videos?
I try to put them up weekly. No reason why in particular.
Cool. Ever think about doing a weekly or monthly podcast?, I would totally listen to you talk about movies for an hour.
Not really. I don't think I have enough followers for that. Plus I really don't pay much attention to movie news. I just review whatever I feel like reviewing. I'm way too out of the loop.
Fair enough. But you have almost 4000 followers (yay!). You could talk about anything, classic movies, their deeper themes, or dissecting a movie, you could even do that on your video like those weirdos at Red Letter Media. haha
haha that's true. I'll think about it at some point. If I ever have more time I'll do one.
Watch and review The Mirror. Literally one of the best films ever made. Changed my life. I now have PTSD...
not exactly a glowing endorsement tbh
Almost passed out with him during the long death shot.
I checked this movie out in the library years ago! I liked it but am still mildly fucked up from after watching it. I sort of want to see it again and i only know one other person who saw it and she really liked it, called it "hella crazy."...lol. But its definitely worth adding to one's indie video collection, so I guess ill buy it once I find it. Also, Noé has a new film out called Climax I've been interested in peeping as well. Heard about it?
Climax is the only film from Gaspar I have seen and I am not ready to watch this one just yet as I have heard it is even more intense XD Gaspar is so brutally honest when it comes to story-writing and some would find many of the scenes unnecessary. I do have a love/hate relationship with him and his work. His cinematography work is absolutely brilliant, the way he's able to draw the viewer in is incredible. As I have said, I have only seen one work so I cannot comment on the others, but climax has an incredibly simple plot, but for some reason I could not take my eyes off the screen. In my opinion, you have to be a bit careful with these movies, they are so powerful that you really do need to be in a good state of mind to handle them, but maybe that's just be being over....sensitive XD i don't know anymore. I do believe people should be given a slightly bigger warning before these films begin, but aside from that, they are incredibly clever. Gaspar certainly puts me off taking anything at all every again XD
My girl here be trippin!
Good review thanks
Where did you get that amazing top from? ✨😲✨
Jesus the thumbnail for this vid is friggin adorable.
I always took it as when Oscar dies. Because you see from his perspective that the camera now is his soul watching the events after, and then flashing back though his life memories, and on to endless empty void.
I love your reviews. Thanks for making these
I thought the movie (Enter the Void) sucked. They talked about the Tibetan Book of the Dead but never went there. They focused so much on Earth life
Just watched this for the first time, amazing technique, rethinking the medium. I agree the characters are a bit 2D, the themes and dialog are way too forward. Still great experience. I think A Scanner Darkly pulled off a better story driven experience dealing with the topic of drugs with expressive flair.
I love her shirt! ✌🏼🍄
enter the void is a true cinematic masterpiece, its my favorite movie
does maggie looks (just a tiny bit) like Adam driver or its too far
I know people like Alex in real life, so for me it didn't register as exposition but rather as a character trait that is useful for exposition 🤣. The film is an experience and an exhausting one at that, my first view reaction was: OMG what an amazing, literally mindblowing movie, I'm not sure I ever wanna watch that again in the near future, so go figure
I can tell you experienced lsd. You seem to have a very high level of awareness. I really like how you learned how to express yourself at a greater potential.
I agree. I wish psychedlics weren't so difficult to obtain. I believe my 3rd eye is halfway open, hence others can't understand why I don't follow the standard of what I "should be" as a Hispanic male,(I've been called the most atypical Puerto Rican someone's ever met)..and I wish to open my 3rd eye entirely..maybe then I can accept the ugliness of the world (humans) for what it(they) is(are)..
Now you need to review I Stand Alone and LOVE
I love that film. Maybe one of my favourites.
The radical first person that the movie employs is so wild, as out there an experience as Hardcore Henry, and with just about as much (excellent) geek show content.
(Even if it is slower...caveat emptor).
There’s no words to describe this film.
I only watched it once years ago, but while watching it I thought it was one of the best films ever. I'll have to watch it again. Too many returns to that horrendous crash scenes as I recall. I read somewhere that Noe himself said it was the drug trip that the character experienced while he was dying in the toilet, which was somewhat deflating for me because I enjoyed it more literally. Maybe the most awful viewing experience of a film I've ever had--and I don't mean that necessarily in a negative way--was Noe's "Irreversible." So painful to watch.
I've just watched ittt and holy shit... I have so many emotions... And the ending was so mad but goes back to what Alex says... madness...👌
Recommend watching this on acid the visuals are awesome and there’s a lot of trippy shit
I knew when you wore the Alex grey top.
This movie wasnt boring at all to me, it was fucking mind blowing
I've liked the concept of a someone who get killed and then we see his souls floating around trying to figured out what's going on for him and others and how his death effect them in many ways and what will he do after that , being able to reach his memories and comparing the past to the present or his last moments , regard less if that really what happening or maybe this is just his dream after the psychedelic experience in the first scene of the movie , but I have many issues with it that makes me bored and seeing how many minutes left to finish it , like the very long scenes of each sexual moments or the transition of the soul around lights and building he used that a lot in order to tell us that the soul floating freely but I get it don't show it to me every time , I think I can remove 30 minutes of the movie and the story will be the same , there's absolutely no need for extended cut when we addressing this type of categories of movies , in many times I just feels like he's showing off about his Capabilities of using and moving the cameras to tell a story , and the characters seemed shallowed to me and I'm interested in their stories more than them
I was completely sober when I watched this movie and it didn't resonate with me like it does for many others. I feel like you have to be on psychedelics to enjoy it.
You are literally like my therapist in every single way imaginable its terrifying
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Is he reborn to linda
concious beings transition seamlessly to another life in a body or not...it doesnt have to be a trauma
Insightful as fuck! To me, the movie has more to do with escapism and the misguided attempts to latch onto such a notion. Oscar has serious, irrefutable trauma from his past. From the get-go (if one looks at the film in a chronological manner), Oscar and his sister have been emotionally conjoined through sense of shared loss that strengthens all the more when their parents die in a tragic car accident. After ending up in a foster home, their sense of rebellion and fleeing this toxic world they both now live in is matched only by their desire to be together. Once the two reach adulthood, Tokyo seems like the perfect metaphor for their situation. The concept of going to a place (or state of mind) to provide a distraction from the past is not unheard of, and it makes sense when we put Oscar's and his sister's plight into perspective.
One can make the connection between Tokyo's colorful neon lights and general vivid aesthetic (beautifully ramped up to 10 in this film for poetic reasons) and the psychedelic drugs Oscar, along with his sister, begins delving into. The metaphor of escaping trauma through shallow means links Oscar traveling to Tokyo as well as his turn to drugs. Both serve as a means to forget the past and enjoy the present. However, both of these attempts are misguided, as running away from your problems isn't healthy, and the demons of yesteryear will eventually show themselves yet again. This is especially true with the usage of psychedelics.
It's a common misconception that LSD, shrooms, DMT, or any other kind of similar "third-eye-awakening" substance are simply used to feel "tripped out" or merely to experience a euphoric high. Many people (some that I happen to know personally) have indeed used these drugs with the notion to feel these effects. They want to retreat into themselves and allow the real world to disappear for whatever reason. The reality of true psychedelia sinks in when the drug forces these people to explore themselves in extreme depth, which can be horrifying if they haven't confronted certain sensitive (or even gruesome) aspects of their being. This is the case with Oscar, as he is forced to look into his past and relive certain moments that he and his sister have continually suppressed for all their lives. This is very true for many psychedelic drugs. You are confronted with your truest, most raw form of yourself. This experience is the exact opposite of escapism, which is what Oscar wanted from the very beginning. He wanted to retreat from his personal demons by burying himself deep into the world of drug culture, but is instead confronted with the hellish retreading of his damaged past. The beautiful, energetic lights of Tokyo, Japan are the perfect backdrop to Oscar's drug experience. This is especially true as his trip becomes darker and more visceral throughout the course of the movie and we begin to see less of these lights and more of Oscar's past. Similar to his drug/after-death experience, Tokyo has transitioned from being a thoughtless paradise to an agonizing journey through hell. Whether Oscar died or not is another discussion entirely (in my opinion... the two still go hand-in-hand however), but the visual and narrative use of metaphor that showcases the nature of a psychedelic trip and Oscar's internal conflict is wonderfully integrated and make the film a work of singular brilliance.
I watched this movie on LSD and would highly recommend it. The only thing is that I genuinely don't know what was visual effects in the film and what was just my trip lmao.
Unique movies needs diffrent point of view. Enter the Void is kind of expierience.
Did you get to see Climax yet
Got that TOOL vibe with this shirt 💥🤘🏻
Do you know how to do pizzas in 1h?
i fucking loathe this movie.........and i fucking adore it......... ?!?! i watched it once when it came out and it has been ingrained ever since. i think i can watch it again soon.
what about irreversible...?
One of my favorite movies
Thanks
The opening sceen of when he takes dmt is the most accurate depiction ever created as somone who has done dmt it's scary and I hope he's not right about death amzing film
*ALEX GREY* IS THE MAN!
Great choice of design
Nice shirt.
When you get a chance definitely check out The Handmaiden it's really fantastic. I saw that you liked Oldboy, and I love it too, but I think Handmaiden is even better. Swag channel, keep on keepin' on.
Watched on shrooms. It wasn't very pleasing. It put me in a bad trip while alone and looking at everything like it was evil. Tried watching wreck it Ralph just to lift my spirits aaaaand made it worse. 🤣🤣🤣