Irreversible Ending/Beginning

[AloisHUN]

spoiler!!

[aramivar]

i loved this film sorry too..is just amazing!

[WombleHunterB]

I understand what you're saying, but I don't think you can simply put Irreversible into such a broad group as 'modern movies'. WALL-E is a modern movie and I wouldn't define that as ugly and tasteless.

[madahad9]

One of the most vile and repulsive movies I have ever seen. A perverse use of the magnificent Beethoven music. Enter the Void was another piece of junk. It is the equivelence of having several filthy fingers forced down your throat. Pointless and indulgent shit.

[WombleHunterB]

@madahad9 As the subject matter of this film concerns rape and murder, I'd be concerned if it wasn't portrayed in a vile and repulsive manner. On the other hand, if you think think that having several filthy fingers forced down your throat is indulgent, maybe Irreversible is a little tame for you.

[madahad9]

@WombleHunterB Such a scene could have been filmed differently and still have the same power without being so revulsive. It is just cruel sensationalization of a horrible event and illustrates how ugly and tastless modern movies have become. It not about telling compelling stories any longer but rather empty shock value. This an ugly movie for ugly people.

[WombleHunterB]

@madahad9 For over a hundred years there have been movie-makers that have used extreme imagery in order to shock their audiences, and vice versa there have been audiences that like to be shocked. I like to be shocked by movies such as Irreversible because it proves that I am not capable of the disstasteful acts presented to me. I disagree with you that it is an empty experience to be shocked by a movie.

[satoshimovie]

How to shoot such a scene?

Very beautiful.

[1980venom]

its as shocking as Clockwork Orange but then in modern/agressive time. This is art people.

[BobDakota]

loved the film, sorry

[ozkar078]

El tiempo lo destruye todo!

[Einvestigator96]

I feel that a spoon just cracked my eyes in two pieces each...

[BeelaTeismar]

Beethoven, Thank you very much. You're an additition to human intellect.

[naranjamecanica74]

The ending Of Irreversible is the opening of Enter The Void.

[corpusvile1]

Perfectly put. beautiful piece of music.

[BeelaTeismar]

Brilliant choice for an beginning/ending..

[nanutek]

Yay free acid trip at the end :]

[MichaelLeroi]

argh, i really wanted to see the "time destroys everything" that appears after the strobe!

[kirkenes]

One of the most underrated films of all times. A deeply poetic masterpiece. An abyss gazing into you.

[Li4r]

Die Zeit zerstört alles.

[sequoiagrovemetal]

I would call the structure of the film more like a V. You start on the first top of the V, and move down to the tip - seeing these enraged guys from an objective outside view. The tip V is their new beautiful life together , with their new family starting. Intrinsically you now review the things you saw of what is going to happen to these people and see it with new eyes - only this time you see the enraged guys with sympathy, perhaps as yourself if it happened to you - makes you want to cry .

[chemicalbrotherkid]

The King's Speech totally ripped off this music. Irreversible is where it belongs.

[kittylicker013]

This movie was... Man, if it weren't for the subtitles I probably woulda been looking about the whole time.

Powerful...

Now could somebody tell me what this song is before I kill the iTunes jag off who can't figure it out!!!

[Sjobakken95]

@kittylicker013 Symphony number 7 in A major op 92

[asocial33]

@kittylicker013 beethoven´s 7th symphony, i believe

[WetKant]

Awesome scene, but you cut off the "le temps detruit tout" banner, dude...!

[Einvestigator96]

0:56 symbolism detected:

a baby´s image in 2001: A space odyssey. Indicating pregnancy?

The ultimate trip. A trip to the beginning of the film?

[WetKant]

@Einvestigator96 What simbolism? They`re pretty forward in saying she`s pregnant...

[Einvestigator96]

@WetKant

Maybe?

[henriquetaylor13]

this is art !!!

[rem2267]

The music and camerawork are magnificent, and very effective.

Cheers for uploading.

[eftultimate]

@IINesasta dude dont suck it off its not that big a deal

[VagrantWatcher213]

@IINesasta If you thought youtube only has 2 videos and videos with no artistical merit, you are living underneath a pretty large boulder.

[IINesasta]

@VagrantWatcher213

...what?

I'm saying these types of videos are undercredited. not that theres just three videos on youtube...

[rovedapaolo]

si, Mozart puo disturbare, solo per i malati. Altrimeneti è just music.

[Adalbert101]

EPILEPSY WARNING, ANYONE ?

[lamethodekoweit1]

@Adalbert101 yep... very fast white and black flashs can destroy the brain and make the viewer crazy. ^^

[philbateman1989]

@Adalbert101 Yes, I vote for one to be added! I'm not epileptic, but this messes with my head in a serious way!

[b1wdancer23]

I'm sorry I just don't understand. Does it fast forward to her pregnant? Is this before the everything? Can someone please explain this scene to me?

[lordofbaraddur]

@b1wdancer23 This IS before the rape yes. in a sense this is the start of the story when she discovers that she is pregnant.

[JustSomePerson888]

@lordofbaraddur - so do you see this scene as being not-real (it's imagined by character), cause in this scene she's clearly pregnant, but i don't remember that being obvious in the rest of the movie.

ie if the rest of the film was after this scene then she'd have been clearly pregnant in the rest of the film.

hmmm i just reminded myself of what pleadian spinning achieves

[JustSomePerson888]

@jointje101 - yeah it could have been just a 'what if she didn't get raped', i thought that too but tended to go more with the other interpretation. or even a - she did get raped, but it didn't disrupt the pregnancy. it's ambigious because she's happy at the end & the scenes seem to be depicting a kind of blissful existence, playing in the park etc - but her boyfriend isn't there.

who else got raped in this though, i don't remember that part.

[1ciscoo]

no, the philosophy is not fuck buddhism, you're wrong on that

[rovedapaolo]

Just have to listen to the music. Monica is just a part of the décor. Just Life.

[kclvampire1010]

There is no beginning or end. It's the interconnected, everchanging wheel that's constantly spinning. This movie also describes the impermanence of everything. The philosophy is fuckin buddhism.

[watashiwanachodes]

@kclvampire1010 never thought of this film as buddhist... well done i think like every scene has the same weight .. like violence its the same as love and tenderness... the chaos in how he films... the dizzyness... i always thought of this film as of greek tragedy... somewhat it has buddhist elements in it as well

[LouiseRousseau]

beetoven c'est une symphonie n°7

[pochtek]

quelqu'un peut me dire qui est l'auteur de la chanson?? merci!

[rovedapaolo]

penso che il film sia molto interessante ma duro a livello emozionale. Monica Bellucci puo fare delle parti psicologicamente molto profonde e bene.

[pathoplastic2]

Freeze-frame during the strobe at the end--some interesting shots.

Having delved quite deeply into the fields of neuro-psychology/traumatology & consciousness studies...I think Noe is brilliant in some respects--he really captures the inner-workings of the mind... And why must we assume a linear model of space/time...The "ending" may very well be a node on a continuum (time as a cycle/spiral/vortex) ...his nod to 2001 hints at this...much to ponder if one transcends Cartesian paradigms.

[JustSomePerson888]

@pathoplastic2 - she isn't this pregnant in the rest of the film is she (i don't remember that being the case anyway & i don't recall that they had a child - if they did then just ignore this then), so this scene is afterwards. it always looked to me like it's saying the child (starchild 2001 poster) is the guy from the tunnel/s.

[eyehategumbo]

le temps detruit tout

[leesydney82]

Reality all time is eternally present; that past, present and future are all happening together in some way. Time exists both simultaneously and linearly. The book she's reading is "An Experiment with Time" by JW Dunne and it is a key to this riddle.

Enjoy this new age experimental film.

[JustSomePerson888]

@leesydney82 - i think it might be about a whole other experiment with time, involving spin cycles and revolving corridors. like if they awoke in a vegas hotel room instead, the book would have been a copy of The Death Ship lying by their head

[SoRiNgun]

from 3:33 to the end if you pause in the right moment you can see the space,stars and the galaxy...i'm not sure of it...but it looks like it

[CrossingScoville]

@SoRiNgun Hey! I think you're right.

[TURBODORK2]

its missing TIME DESTROYS ALL THINGS

[Arcane5672]

During the video, I couldn't move my legs. And I had a headache. Man, I won't watch it again! It's too disturbing.

[aclose]

I wouldn't say it's a beautiful end. It's fitting - the seed of hope is sown, but the film seems to be about the gradual destruction of that hope.

Please let me know if you've a more optimistic reading!

[NeuropolitiqueCOGGER]

@aclose - I think you summed it up pretty well there.

[matihatthedisco]

I loved this scene! It's one of my most favourite ever

[LoadedRevolver66]

@rovedapaolo seventh symphony du Beethoven

[keyboardglued321]

@rovedapaolo Hey the music is Symphony No.7 in A Major by Beethoven, i think thats what you're asking anyway, the part of the symphony used is in the related videos, happy listening

[farriza]

Minha Cena Preferida do Cinema.

[MrManuloko]

to some people this not the end ,is the begining.

[lysander1]

fuck me! awesome

[liveinmymusic]

This just leaves me so enthralled with beauty....and relief...its actually JUST as powerful as the horrific parts. Im still trying to decipher the entire meaning ....O__O

[indencity]

when i first saw this film this blew my brain away

[Goblingoddess1]

@indencity Oh, definitely. This final segment just brought the whole meaning of the film to me...that no matter what happens, we can't escape fate.