Gaspar Noé‘s harrowing, unforgettable movie Irreversible celebrates its 20th anniversary this year, and Studiocanal is bringing the film back to life with Noe’s new “Straight Cut,” which premiered at the Venice Film Festival back in 2019. The “Straight Cut” of the 2002 movie re-cuts the film in chronological order, chopping five minutes off the runtime in the process.
According to Noe, the “Straight Cut” is “another film” entirely, and it’ll be opening theatrically on February 10th at the IFC Center/NYC and the Landmark’s Nuart/LA.
Additional Openings include…
- Philadelphia – 2/14
- Denver – 2/17
- San Francisco, Chicago, Austin, Raleigh – 2/24
- Atlanta – 3/17
- More Cities To Be Announced Shortly
Starring Monica Belucci and Vincent Cassel, Noé has taken the notorious revenge film and ‘re-reversed’ it so that it now plays in chronological order. A restored version of the original film will play concurrently in select cities, Bloody Disgusting has also learned.
Said writer/director Gaspar Noé of his innovative new cut, “Until now, Irreversible was a deliberate puzzle. Presented clockwise, everything is clear, and also darker, making it easier to identify with the characters and understand the tale unfolding. The same story is no longer a tragedy, this time it is a drama that brings out the psychology of the characters and the mechanisms that lead some of them to a murderous barbarity. While Irreversible has sometimes been wrongly perceived as a ‘rape and revenge’ B movie, here the deadly outcome is all the more depressing. Irreversible: Straight Cut can be more easily seen as a fable on the contagion of barbarity and the command of the reptilian brain over the rational mind.”
Watch the official trailer for the 2K restoration of Irreversible: Straight Cut below.
