Talented and diverse dancers from every walk of life gather in a remote, empty building to rehearse, but a hard day’s work goes really awry while they are celebrating, as their drinks get spiked and the hallucinations take over.
Writer/director Gaspar Noé, well known for making his audience uncomfortable, helms Climax with bravery. Forget classic narratives, Hollywood morals and standards, and scripts written in detail. Get into Irreversible (2002) and Enter the Void (2009) mode and just let go.
The largely improvised monologues and dialogues in the beginning and middle of the film, respectively, could have been trimmed a tad, as the audience doesn’t need this large amount of information to establish a point of view about each character. Of course, the celebration’s turn creates a colossal contrast between the first and second acts.
Excellent camera work, amazing photography, powerful soundtrack, divine choreography, and brilliant performances. Especially given that, other than Sofia Boutella, no one has had any acting experience prior to the film. The protracted shots will fascinate you as the uncut surrealism reveals the escalating paranoia reaching its… climax in real time!
Mesmerising! Sensual! Hallucinatory! Enchanting!
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