Gaspar Noé – desistfilm

Artículos

VORTEX DE GASPAR NOÉ

Por Mónica Delgado

Ella es una psiquiatra jubilada y él es un crítico de cine aún en actividad. Él padece de algo que es consecuencia de la vigilancia y del cuidado que ejerce, a veces sin mucho interés, sobre ella que sufre de demencia. Ambos son octogenarios que viven solos en un departamento barroco o lleno de cachivaches en alguna zona de París, sumergidos entre la rutina, el hastío y la modorra. Tienen un hijo de cuarenta años que es adicto a la heroína, y un nieto pequeño, quienes los visitan. Hasta aquí no parece ser el argumento de alguna típica película del cineasta argentino francés Gaspar Noé, quien suele emplear elementos provocadores, sensacionalistas y efectistas en sus películas y desde personajes variopintos. Pareciera que de la mano de una pareja de adultos mayores, Noé entrara en un estado de purga de su propia marca. Con Vortex (Francia, 2021), asoma el intento de dibujarse el perfil de ser otro tipo de cineasta.

2022.10.08

Cannes

CANNES 2018: A BALANCE

By Mónica Delgado

It’s been over a week since the Golden Palm was awarded to Hirokazu Kore-eda Shoplifters, an event which closed a festival that kept its classics leitmotivs in a low key: miserabilism, cruelty or the overrating of a cinema with messages and big issues had its few peaks. Even if this year the program was better in quality compared to other edition, the jury, presided by Cate Blanchett, was discreet when awarding common themes, like the award given to the unambitious Kore-eda film, a plain family drama without any major stylistic attributes. Point aside was the jury prize to Capharnaum by Libanese filmmaker Nadine Labaki, a fact which confirm that despite the good films that made this a noble edition, remains a liking for the kind of films that look to edify consciences through stories of misery, war and refugees.

2018.05.28

Cannes

CANNES 2018: CLIMAX, APOCALYPSE AFTER, MANDY, CÓMPRAME UN REVÓLVER

By Mónica Delgado

A hysterical Young girl convulses in the hallways of a dance school and becomes an occasional Isabelle Adjani in Possession. Nicholas Cage portraying an avenger who deals with some beings from the afterlife taken from Hellraiser, or maybe a porn woman filmmaker that could’ve easily made a mix between Behind The Green Room under the influence of Kenneth Anger’s shorts. Cinema of references has the ability to achieve some creativity sparks from pastiche or parody, although the sensation of déjà vu is permanent. We find this particular quality in a group of films seen in the parallel sections of Critics’ Week and Quinzaine des réalisateurs.

2018.05.16

Main Articles

ABOUT “JE M’APPELLE HMMM… “

By Claudia Siefen
In all this passivity, ignorance and awkwardness wrapped up in cotton wool, Céline (Lou-Lelia Demerliac) is such a strong character almost inappropriate for a child. The camera and framing (Jean-Philippe Bouyer) stays close to the protagonists that you literally feel the cramped confines. Here the so called grown up world means not to mention certain things, to play the game of not talking.

2016.04.19