Hi everyone,
This clip is from the movie Enter the Void, by Gaspar Noe. To find the video, scroll to near the bottom of the page; it's number six in the rankings. It's both concrete and abstract, which I thought would give you guys the opportunity to be creative with your interpretations. Here are a few questions to get your thinking started.
There are many different locations featured here. Why does Noe pick the ones he does?
What about the soundtrack? Was it chosen for the video, or was the video chosen to fit the song? How does the answer affect the song's rhetoric?
The nudity here is pretty hard to ignore. Why show it in this way?
And what about all the abstract graphics? The director could have chosen any kind of "trippy" graphics. Why these?
Lastly, let's think about the word 'trippy' for a moment. Is this video 'trippy'? If so, why? What specific aesthetic choices help create this effect? Why might Noe have made these choices?
Enter the Void
