Irreversible (US Version) DVD Region 1

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.

"...A seductive and powerful film..." - Leslie, Felperin (Film Critic), Sight and Sound, 03/01/2003

"...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..." - Peter, Travers (Rolling Stone Critic), Rolling Stone, 03/14/2003

"...An amazing, and profoundly disturbing, experience....[Noe is] a new kind of film wizard: a poet of apocalyptic shock..." - Owen, Gleiberman (Entertainment Weekly Critic), Entertainment Weekly, 03/14/2003

"...This confrontationalist is a moviemaker worth confronting..." - Glenn, Kenny (Premiere/Entertainment Weekly Critic), Premiere, 04/01/2003

"...Moral at a structural level..." - Roger, Ebert (Critic and screenwriter), Chicago Sun-Times, 03/23/2003

"...Taken as an exploitation flick -- Noe's preference -- this is 100 effective, guaranteed to shock and pummel..." - Jamie, Graham (Film Critic), Total Film, 07/01/2003

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Product Title:	Irreversible (US Version) Irreversible (US Version) Irreversible (US Version) Irreversible (US Version) Irreversible (US Version)
Artist Name(s):	Paul Webster (Actor) | Albert Dupontel (Actor) | Monica Bellucci (Actor) | Romain Protat (Actor) | Benoit Debe (Actor) | Marion Cotillard | Gaspar Noe 保羅．韋伯斯特 (Actor) | 艾爾伯特杜邦迪 (Actor) | Monica Bellucci (Actor) | Romain Protat (Actor) | Benoit Debe (Actor) | 瑪莉安歌迪娜 | Gaspar Noe 保罗．韦伯斯特 (Actor) | 艾尔伯特杜邦迪 (Actor) | Monica Bellucci (Actor) | Romain Protat (Actor) | Benoit Debe (Actor) | 玛莉安歌迪娜 | Gaspar Noe Paul Webster (Actor) | アルベール・デュポンテル (Actor) | Monica Bellucci (Actor) | Romain Protat (Actor) | Benoit Debe (Actor) | マリオン・コティヤール | Gaspar Noe Paul Webster (Actor) | Albert Dupontel (Actor) | Monica Bellucci (Actor) | Romain Protat (Actor) | Benoit Debe (Actor) | Marion Cotillard | Gaspar Noe
Director:	Gaspar Noe Gaspar Noe Gaspar Noe Gaspar Noe Gaspar Noe
Producer:	Marion Cotillard | Gaspar Noe 瑪莉安歌迪娜 | Gaspar Noe 玛莉安歌迪娜 | Gaspar Noe マリオン・コティヤール | Gaspar Noe Marion Cotillard | Gaspar Noe
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Release Date:	2003-08-05
UPC Code:	658149815926
Language:	French
Subtitles:	English, Spanish
Country of Origin:	France
Picture Format:	NTSC What is it?
Color Information:	Color
Disc Format(s):	DVD
Region Code:	1 - USA, Canada, U.S. Territories What is it?
Rating:	Unrated
Publisher:	Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Package Weight:	108 (g)
Shipment Unit:	1 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.:	1004354984

Director: Gaspar Noe

DVD Features:

Region 1
Keep Case
Widescreen - 1.85
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Additional Release Material:
Trailers
Deleted Scenes
Featurette: Making of the Special Effects
Audio Commentary:
1. Gaspar Noe - Director
2. Director & Crew