Film Festival Cologne | Artist Talk Gaspar Noé
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Artist Talk Gaspar Noé

Thursday, 28. Oct 2021, 15:00
Filmpalast · Kino 1
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Winner The Hollywood Reporter Award 2021

There are two kinds of filmmakers: those who spend their whole careers working on one particular style, trying to perfect it – think Ken Loach or Roy Andersson. And then there are those who start every project from a clean slate, hurling themselves passionately into each new formal experiment – and Gaspar Noé is the paradigm for this approach. With IRREVERSIBLE (2002) he reversed the aftermath of a gruesome crime back to front; in ENTER THE VOID (2009) he captured a long-lasting drug hallucination in a single long shot; and in LOVE (2015) he chose 3D as an immersive tool for a very explicit love story – and his latest film VORTEX (2021) tells the tale of two lives in split screen. The Argentinian filmmaker living in France is often called a provocateur, but it would be closer to the truth to say that he celebrates the birthplace of cinema in the carnival tents. But most of all he is fearlessly searching for original and suitable forms for his existential themes and stories.