Enter the Void (2009) NYT Critics' Pick

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A scene from “Enter the Void,” directed by Gaspar Noe.
Altering Perceptions on an Astral Plane Trip
By MANOHLA DARGIS
Published: September 23, 2010

In “Enter the Void” the camera soars above the world like a bird, like a kite, like a ghost. It moves with smooth, gentle motions and seemingly indecisive purpose, passing through walls, drifting over alleys and climbing high above the roofs of a nighttime city agleam in jeweled color. At times it hovers next to one of the city’s inhabitants like an angel or a threat. Occasionally it even appears to take up temporary residence in someone’s head — dive-bombing toward the back of a skull like a blow — so that it (and we) can see the world directly from another point of view: This is your brain. This is your brain on a Gaspar Noé movie. More