I was glad that I saw the Enter the Void.* While I wasn’t prepared for some of the content, I was able to appreciate what the movie was trying to accomplish and marvel at how impressive the direction and cinematography was. It is a movie that exemplifies what can be done in a motion picture.
‘Enter the Void.’ Courtesy of IFC Films.
“It’s a little like dying would be the ultimate trip”
Oh boy. Since last Friday all but guaranteed that we entered a Twilight Zone episode in which Matt Groening predicts the future, this gives us a great opportunity to lean into the madness a bit and offer the trippiest movie we know of on Netflix.
I first heard of this movie on a late Friday night talking with a stranger in a bar. As these random meetings often go, the conversation took a turn for the deep and we talked about the weirdest movies we knew of. I offered up End of Evangelion, while the stranger offered up this movie. Flash forward about a year and I discovered that, to my delight, this movie had been picked up on Netflix. So I popped it on the next Friday night and soon discovered that the stranger was not lying – this movie is bonkers, amigos. In truth, I needed a shower, a good night’s sleep, and a thirty-minute run for me to really digest everything that I just saw.
Still, once everything had settled in my mind, I found that I was glad that I saw the Enter the Void. While I wasn’t prepared for some of the content, I was able to appreciate what the movie was trying to accomplish and marvel at how impressive the direction and cinematography was. It is a movie that exemplifies what can be done in a motion picture.
We can’t say that you’ll come out the other end better for it, but we can say for sure that it is an experience that is worth having and one that you certainly won’t forget.
*It’s been said that this movie is best enjoyed while in an altered state of consciousness. Whether or not you partake of these substances is up to your discretion.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKRxDP–e-Y
