“Why this film? Because the original was told backwards and many viewers, swamped by the anticlockwise structure of the editing, didn’t understand certain aspects of the story,” Noé said. “Presented clockwise, everything is clear and also darker. No dialogues have been cut, nor have any events in the story. Which is why this version is called Straight Cut. Until now, Irréversible was a deliberate puzzle. Now it’s a diptych, like an old record whose B side is the less conceptual mix of the track on side A, but this time with voices that are more audible, rendering the meanings of the words more fatalistic.” He adds, “You will see. Time reveals all things.”
Check out the brand new trailer for the re-edit above! (I guess it was reversible after all!)
That was a gruesome picture to watch. I WOULD like to see it in order but that would also mean I’d have to watch it again.
The movie was brilliant as is. It’s unfortunate certain people can’t put in some work on their own without having to be guided through it by traditional story telling. Art should not be altered to appeal to the guileless.