Nearly 15 years in the making, from the script stage to production, the long awaited third feature by French auteur Gaspar Noe - ENTER THE VOID, is finally hitting British shores tonight at Curzon Soho. Noe's third film much like his previous two - the 2002 rape-revenge-shocker IRREVERSIBLE and the 1998 bleak and equally brutal SOUL CONTRE TOUS (I Stand Alone as it is known in the English speaking world), ignited a wave of controversy, walk-outs and mixed reactions when it played at Cannes in 2010 and other major festivals. The film was met with mixed reviews from critics in France, and so far has enjoyed a similarly polarized reaction from the rest of Europe and North America. Easily, my most anticipated film of 2010, and I get to finally see it tonight. An extended review will be posted shortly after I recover from the mind-blowing experience tonight.
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