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Noé's interview on Arrow release was fun. He enthusiastically and slightly trollishly explained how he was inspired by catastrophe movies like Towering Inferno and Poseidon Adventure on making the first half of the movie is about introducing the cast and while the second half is about worrying what will happen to your favorite characters (as if he didn’t realize that many probably find the whole bunch somewhat repulsive and enjoy their demise).

The concept of Climax is pretty grueling, but sadly the implementation did not quite pay off. There are just too many characters and too much repetitive running around and freaking out. It cracked me up when a friend of mine told me yesterday, that Emanuel Swedenborg only liked those books in Bible that have a strong innerspace quality. I suppose that I can say the same about Gaspar Noé’s movies and surprisingly Climax does not qualify to that category. Still, I appreciate the effort of coming up with this mess.

I liked the ending best.

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That German girl was my favorite from the start and she seemed to have such a great time that I should have guessed she was the culprit.

The US Blu-ray release of this is a burned BD-R

Slaphappy wrote: Thu Apr 04, 2019 3:33 pm I liked the ending best.

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That German girl was my favorite from the start and she seemed to have such a great time that I should have guessed she was the culprit.

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I saw Climax at a festival screening in Berlin in a huge, sold out cinema. The only enjoyable moment for me was the crowd cheering the final reveal.

Lost Highway wrote: Thu May 09, 2019 7:20 am

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I saw Climax at a festival screening in Berlin in a huge, sold out cinema. The only enjoyable moment for me was the crowd cheering the final reveal.

Heh, I saw Fly Rocket Fly in Munich Film Festival last year. I think Germany was referred in shady light couple times, which got enthusiastic cheers from the crowd.

Slaphappy wrote: Sat May 11, 2019 9:24 am

Lost Highway wrote: Thu May 09, 2019 7:20 am

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I saw Climax at a festival screening in Berlin in a huge, sold out cinema. The only enjoyable moment for me was the crowd cheering the final reveal.

Heh, I saw Fly Rocket Fly in Munich Film Festival last year. I think Germany was referred in shady light couple times, which got enthusiastic cheers from the crowd.

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Everybody loves a bad girl out for a good time and Berlin long had a hedonistic and a counter culture vibe, which is what she represents.

Apart from the rise of right wing populism, which is making inroads here like almost anywhere else, due to the humbling lessons learned after WWII, nationalism and patriotism are still frowned on here. Nazis like von Braun and those supporting him, would not be seen as representing Germany and are loathed, if that was what the shade was about.

This has just come onto BFI Player. The opening dance scene (did this inspire Gondry's music video for Got To Keep On for the Chemical Brothers?) is electric and the score/titles are phenomenal. But once the spiked sangria kicked in, I just found it pretty grim - the worst being

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the kid locked in the electrical room

. Benoit Debie's cinematography is great, though the last 20 minutes being shot upside down didn't help. This just seems like most Noe - technically brilliant, but quite an unpleasant viewing experience.