The Argentinian’s preceding films have tackled rape,incest and abortion – so why is his recent melodrama about sex causing such a storm?To talk about Love is to talk about sex. Gaspar Noé’s recent film is hopping with it. Some of it is simulated, but he won’t say what. It’s “all probably real, or all probably not. And it’s all presented – assuming your local Imax is sufficiently accommodating – in lush 3D.
Love is Noé’s attempt to marry sex and legend. To capture what physical love looks,feels and sounds like. It is fascinating, annoying and as stilted in its talkie bits as it is fluid in its sexiness. It is Noé’s statement on cinema’s cowardice over coitus. Heartfelt, and raw and – staunch to the director’s style – sometimes foolish,too.
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Source: theguardian.com