When you hear incendiary French auteur Gaspar Noe say things like, "To make a good melodrama you need sperm, blood and tears," one has to wonder if he actually hates his audience, or merely likes pushing the boundaries of their collective comfort zone. Noe"s latest is Enter the Void, which I briefly wrote about in the Village Voice"s fall film preview:

Irreversible provocateur Gaspar Noe unleashes another avant-garde assault upon audiences in this deliriously wicked, undeniably daring acid trip through Tokyo"s neon-splattered underworld. After young American stripper Paz de la Huerta"s drug-dealing brother (Nathaniel Brown) is gunned down by cops, the camera takes the p.o.v. of his disembodied spirit as it floats over buildings, through walls, down sewers, and even inside a fallopian tube. If you"re prone to seizures, anxiety, or staying in your comfort zone, might we instead recommend Kings of Pastry?

In New York, I sat down with Noe to discuss the afterlife, bad drug trips he"s had, timeless movies, and why the 17-minute-longer version of his film (originally seen at Cannes) is not a "director"s cut." Also, why oh why did I reference Eat Pray Love to a man who clearly wouldn"t know what I meant?

To listen to the podcast, click here. (13:32)

Podcast Music
INTRO: LFO: "Freak"
OUTRO: Thomas Bangalter: "Rectum"

[Enter the Void opens in limited release today and is playing this week at Fantastic Fest. For more info, please visit the official website.].

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