Gaspar Noé (, ; born 27 December 1963) is an Argentine filmmaker based in Paris, France. He is the son of Argentine painter, writer, and intellectual

Luis Felipe Noé Luis Felipe Noé (born May 26, 1933) is an Argentine artist, writer, intellectual and teacher. He is known in his home country as ''Yuyo''. In 1961 he formed Otra Figuración (another figuration) with three other Argentine artists. Their eponymo ...

. In the early 1990s, Noé along with his wife

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were the co-founders of a production company Les Cinémas de la Zone. He has directed seven feature films: '' I Stand Alone'' (1998), ''

Irréversible ''Irréversible'' () is a 2002 French experimental psychological thriller film written and directed by Gaspar Noé. Starring Monica Bellucci, Vincent Cassel and Albert Dupontel, the plot depicts the events of a tragic night in Paris as two men a ...

'' (2002), ''

Enter the Void ''Enter the Void'' is a 2009 English-language experimental art film written and directed by Gaspar Noé and starring Nathaniel Brown, Paz de la Huerta, and Cyril Roy. It is a psychological drama fantasy film set in the neon-lit nightclub env ...

'' (2009), ''

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'' (2015), ''

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'' (2018), '' Lux Æterna'' (2019), and ''

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'' (2021).

Early life

Noé was born in

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, Argentina. His father

is of Spanish, Italian, and French-Basque descent while his mother, Nora Murphy is of Irish and Spanish descent. He has a sister named Paula. He lived in New York City for one year as a child, and his family emigrated to France in 1976 to escape the political situation in Argentina at the time. Noé graduated from

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in France.

Artistry

His work has been strongly associated with a series of films defined as the cinéma du corps/cinema of the body, which according to

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share an attenuated use of narrative, generally assaulting and often illegible cinematography, confrontational subject material, a treatment of sexual behavior as violent rather than mutually intimate, and a pervasive sense of social nihilism or despair. Noé often breaks the

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by directly addressing the audience through the use of confronting, and sometimes strobing, typography that aims to "disrupt and disturb" the viewer, similar to the typographical methods practised by

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Collaboration

Three of his films feature the character of a nameless butcher played by

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: ''

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'', '' I Stand Alone'' and, in a cameo, ''

''. Two of his films, ''

'' and ''

,'' were composed by

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Influences

Noé stated in the September 2012 edition of ''

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'' magazine that seeing '' 2001: A Space Odyssey'' at the age of seven changed his life, without which experience he would never have become a director. Noé also cites the 1983 Austrian serial killer film, ''Angst'', by

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, as a major influence.

Personal life

He is married to filmmaker

. Although he resides and works in France, he does not possess French citizenship. Noé suffered a near fatal

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in early 2020, which partly inspired the plot of his film ''

''.

Filmography

Feature films

Short films

* ''Tintarella di luna'' (1985) * ''Pulpe amère'' (1987) * ''

'' (1991) * ''Une expérience d'hypnose télévisuelle'' (1995) * '' Sodomites'' (1998) * ''We Fuck Alone'' (1998) segment of '' Destricted'' * ''Intoxication'' (2002) * ''Eva'' (2005) * ''SIDA'' (2008) segment of '' 8'' * ''Ritual'' (2012) segment of '' 7 Days in Havana'' * ''Shoot'' (2014) segment of '' Short Plays''

Music videos

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- "Applesauce" *Arielle – "Je Suis si Mince" *Bone Fiction – "Insanely Cheerful" *

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– " We No Who U R" *

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– " Protège-Moi" * SebastiAn – "Love in Motion" *

– "Outrage" and "Stress" (both from the ''Irréversible'' soundtrack) * SebastiAn – "Thirst"

Other production credits

In 2013, Noé shot the cover art for American singer-songwriter

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's debut album ''

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''.

Reception

Many of Noé's films, with the exception of '' I Stand Alone'' and ''Vortex'', were polarizing or controversial with critics due to their heavy portrayal of graphic violence and sexual content. ''Vortex'' became Noe's first film to earn a "Certified Fresh" from

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Awards

References

External links

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Le Temps Détruit Tout : Unofficial & International website about Gaspar Noé

Interview with Gaspar Noé about 'Enter the Void' Part 1 (Spanish)

Interview with Gaspar Noé about 'Enter the Void' Part 2 (Spanish)

2014 ''Bomb Magazine'' discussion between Matthew Barney & Gaspar Noé
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