There were rumors that he may not finish the film in time [for Cannes]. But he did, and the final product is perhaps the most challenging film to premiere in the Cannes Official Selection this year. Nathaniel Brown plays Oscar, an American living in Tokyo who is addicted to psychotropic drugs like DMT. His sister, Linda (Paz de la Huerta), lives along with him in Tokyo and for some reason, works as a stripper. One night, Oscar is called to deliver some drugs to a friend in a bar, when he discovers he’s been set up. The cops gun him down, and we then spend the rest of the film understanding two realities: the events that led up to all of this and the aftermath of Oscar’s death.
The above paragraph sounds simple enough, but the techniques employed by Noe are anything but. From the beginning, we see the world as Oscar sees it, with the camera mounted as if we’re looking through his eyes (complete with occasional b …
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