ollective Hysteria

Rating: 8/10 (8 February 2019)

"Clímax", new film by the illustrious, technical and accurate Gaspar Noé does not have the same impact and power of his previous works, but continues with a very clear technique and keeps his signature present, the objective of moving the viewer, what is displayed, and that goal is reaching to perfection.
The film tells the story of a dance group that goes to an abandoned room to do their last rehearsal, and they end up being drugged, and during that trip they find their inner self, their real beings come up without the re-usation of social reins, your inner monsters come along with your fears. Will I be a good mother? Will someone ever relate to me? Love me? Who I am? I feel forbidden desires. These are questions that arise in each character. Even so, this is a depth of script that exists but is not quite as deep, but works, it works to contextualize the real meaning of the long, cinematic immersion.
We have a camera that starts behaving, with wonderful sequences sequences aligned to good and uncomfortable choreographies, but that with the passing of the film, it gains a life of its own and goes into the habit of each character, and thus, if lost completely, The camera rotates 360 It gives jumps, closed planes, medium planes, aerial planes, we do not have a pattern. We have only one focus that is to cause the viewer to immerse, so we need more technical devices such as photography and games of lights, dark and reddish, that shine according to the state of the film's spirit, its strong and vibrant colors bother, such which is a kind of classical music, electronic and urban, is exquisite, it has a cool touch and at the same time is long and nauseating, it is uncomfortable and at the same time attractive, such a junction of technical aspects added to the delirious and ungovernable performances culminate in a film difficult to digest, but rewarding.
Because Gaspar Noe can again fulfill his goal as a director, we are sucked into another dimension during the film, a dark and dangerous dimension, it is tense. like every movie, it seems that life is always on the line and that we are going to die due to insanity and our inner monstrosity. "Climax" is far from perfect, with some gruesome performances and repetitions of the idea. Gaspar Noe's new film takes on and perfectly fulfills the promise (despite the exaggerated marketing).