When the flush does not work, he yells through the door that he has a gun and will shoot. Oscar seals himself in a bathroom stall and attempts to flush his drugs. Oscar enters alone and sits down with a distressed Victor, who mutters "I'm sorry" before they are swarmed by police officers.
On the way, Alex explains parts of The Tibetan Book of the Dead to Oscar: how the spirit of a dead person sometimes stays among the living until it begins to experience nightmares, after which it attempts to reincarnate. Next, Alex meets Oscar at the apartment and they leave so that Oscar can deliver drugs to his friend Victor ( Olly Alexander). The first segment begins with Linda leaving for work (at a local strip club) and then follows Oscar's nightly routine through strict point-of-view shots, including momentary blackouts that represent blinking, private internal thoughts, and extended sequences of a DMT-induced hallucination. Oscar ( Nathaniel Brown) lives in Tokyo with his younger sister Linda ( Paz de la Huerta) and supports himself by dealing drugs, against the advice of his friend Alex (Cyril Roy), who attempts to turn Oscar's interest toward The Tibetan Book of the Dead, a Buddhist book about the afterlife. The film performed poorly at the box office. The critical response was sharply divided: positive reviews described the film as captivating and innovative, while negative reviews called it tedious and puerile. A cut-down version was released in the United States and United Kingdom in September 2010. The film's soundtrack is a collage of electronic pop and experimental music.Ī rough cut premiered at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival, but post-production work continued, and the film was not released in France until almost a year later.
Co-producers included the visual effects studio BUF Compagnie, which also provided the computer-generated imagery. Principal photography took place on location in Tokyo, and involved many complicated crane shots. With a mix of professionals and newcomers, the film makes heavy use of imagery inspired by experimental cinema and psychedelic drug experiences. Enter the Void was primarily financed by Wild Bunch, while Fidélité Films led the actual production. Noé's dream project for many years, the production was made possible after the commercial success of his earlier feature film Irréversible (2002). Noé labels the film a "psychedelic melodrama". The film is shot from a first-person viewpoint, which often floats above the city streets, and occasionally features Oscar staring over his own shoulder as he recalls moments from his past. Set in the neon-lit nightclub environments of Tokyo, the story follows Oscar, a young American drug dealer who gets shot by the police, but continues to watch subsequent events during an out-of-body experience. Enter the Void is a 2009 English-language experimental drama art film written and directed by Gaspar Noé and starring Nathaniel Brown, Paz de la Huerta, and Cyril Roy.
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