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Gaspar Noé, the arch provocateur of New French Extremity responsible for Irreversible and Enter the Void, blurs the boundaries between reality and fiction in Lux Æterna, his ode to the suffering and sacrifices involved in the creation of art.
French cinema icons Charlotte Gainsbourg (Ismael's Ghosts, Antichrist) and Béatrice Dalle (Betty Blue, Inside), playing themselves, star as the lead actress and the director of an experimental film about witches. But as preparations for the shoot get underway, the increasingly chaotic production slowly unravels as egos and bitter resentments rise to the surface, threatening to derail the entire enterprise.
Shot over just five days and largely improvised by the superlative cast, Lux Æterna is a powerful, hypnotic assault on the senses like no other, cementing Noé's position as one of the most incendiary voices in cinema today.
- High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation
- Original lossless DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and PCM 2.0 stereo soundtracks
- Optional English subtitles (French dialogue)
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (all dialogue)
- Brand new audio commentary by writer/director Gaspar Noé and actress Béatrice Dalle
- Brand new audio commentary by author and critic Kat Ellinger
- Brand new visual essay on witchcraft in cinema by author and critic Miranda Corcoran
- The Flicker, a 30-minute short film by Tony Conrad, whose strobing effect inspired Lux Æterna
- Lux in Tenebris, a selection of photos from the set by camera operator, title designer and long-term Noé collaborator Tom Kan
- Theatrical trailers
- Image gallery
- Reversible sleeve featuring two choices of artwork
- Arrow Video
- 51 mins approx
- Gaspar Noé
- 15
- Abbey Lee
- Beatrice Dalle
- 2.35:1
English
- 2019
- French
- 1
- B
- Arrow Video
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Gaspar Noé, the arch provocateur of New French Extremity responsible for Irreversible and Enter the Void, blurs the boundaries between reality and fiction in Lux Æterna, his ode to the suffering and sacrifices involved in the creation of art.
French cinema icons Charlotte Gainsbourg (Ismael's Ghosts, Antichrist) and Béatrice Dalle (Betty Blue, Inside), playing themselves, star as the lead actress and the director of an experimental film about witches. But as preparations for the shoot get underway, the increasingly chaotic production slowly unravels as egos and bitter resentments rise to the surface, threatening to derail the entire enterprise.
Shot over just five days and largely improvised by the superlative cast, Lux Æterna is a powerful, hypnotic assault on the senses like no other, cementing Noé's position as one of the most incendiary voices in cinema today.
- High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation
- Original lossless DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and PCM 2.0 stereo soundtracks
- Optional English subtitles (French dialogue)
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (all dialogue)
- Brand new audio commentary by writer/director Gaspar Noé and actress Béatrice Dalle
- Brand new audio commentary by author and critic Kat Ellinger
- Brand new visual essay on witchcraft in cinema by author and critic Miranda Corcoran
- The Flicker, a 30-minute short film by Tony Conrad, whose strobing effect inspired Lux Æterna
- Lux in Tenebris, a selection of photos from the set by camera operator, title designer and long-term Noé collaborator Tom Kan
- Theatrical trailers
- Image gallery
- Reversible sleeve featuring two choices of artwork
- Arrow Video
- 51 mins approx
- Gaspar Noé
- 15
- Abbey Lee
- Beatrice Dalle
- 2.35:1
English
- 2019
- French
- 1
- B
- Arrow Video
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Dark comment on film making and misogyny
This is not an easy film to watch with the use of split-screen and the final display of light and sound. (Although it may be argued that a state of chaos is what a film set is.) But it is an important film about the themes of the conflict over creation and the ways that women suffer from misogyny. You need to pay close attention to the dialogue such as the phone conversation to pick up on this. The film also uses the theme of persecution for witchcraft to link with film history as well as the oppression of women. While it did not attract much attention on it’s initial release, it’s going to build its audience on home media and an important work.
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Strobe at the stake
Great release from Arrow. Slipcover has great detail to it. Loved the application of witchcraft in the film and it's relation to misogyny, disrespect and harassment in the film industry.
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