Enter the Void: A Spiritual, Hedonistic Nightmare With Room for Hope

James Lanternman
7 min readDec 18, 2023
Credit: Wild Bunch/Fidélité Films
Credit: Wild Bunch/Fidélité Films

Enter the Void (2009) has been my favourite Gaspar Noé movie since its release. It is exceptional in his filmography to that point, dialling down exploitation and shock value enough to let its story breathe, but riding the same nail-biting, high energy wave of disturbing violence and sexuality in societal fringes that Noé made his cinematic signature.

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