Climax (2019) feat. Matt Cipolla

Horror Queers

Film Reviews, Film History, Tv & Film

4.8 • 854 Ratings

🗓️ 2 March 2022

⏱️ 128 minutes

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Summary

Put on your spandex, avoid the sangria and stay out of the electrical closet because this week's "underrated or underseen" entry is Gaspar Noé's Climax (2019). Joining us on this (acid) trip is writer Matt Cipolla, who brings a wealth of Noé knowledge, as well as nihilist philosophy like E. M. Cioran's aphorisms. We discuss Noé as a troll and why the film is (or isn't?) political and racist, as well as the unorthodox & collaborative production, child murder and more than a few drug stories. Plus: why Trace will never watch this again, speculation about who lives and dies, and the comfort of rewatching the dance sequences. References: Karen Han. "Gaspar Noé on the Easter eggs hidden in plain sight in Climax." Polygon Questions? Comments? Snark? Connect with the boys on Twitter, Instagram, Youtube, Letterboxd and/or Facebook, or join the Facebook Group to get in touch with other listeners > Trace: @tracedthurman > Joe: @bstolemyremote > Matt: @CipollaMatt Be sure to support the boys on Patreon! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:33.0	Good morning, afternoon or evening, and welcome to the bloody disgusting network.
0:40.4	The following show is just horrifying.
0:45.7	Beware.
0:50.3	The following.
0:50.9	I'm going to do. Sheriff, you're not cheating on your wife if you eat my lemon square.
1:03.2	Your lemon squares taste like ass.
1:15.5	And welcome back to horror queers.
1:17.6	We're talking spiked sangria.
1:20.2	We're talking the love of dance.
1:25.1	And we're talking extreme cinema, but not new French extremity.
1:26.1	And I'm Joe.
1:31.0	And I'm Trace. And we're talking all the things.
1:37.8	Yeah, I was like, should I make a note of all the content warnings? And I was like, oh, this is just another one of the all the things. I know. Joe, I am exhausted.
1:46.0	You know what?
1:50.8	Listeners, we hope you've been enjoying this three-act anxiety ride.
1:53.6	We promise things will get a little bit better moving forward.
1:56.4	But, ooh boy, we are ending with a bang.
1:59.7	We, yeah, so everyone, we are watching Gaspar No-A's.
2:00.4	We're watching.
2:03.4	We're discussing Gaspar No-A's climax today. And, um, yeah, so everyone, we are watching Gaspar Noes, we're watching, we're discussing Gaspar Noe's climax today.
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