Vortex Review: Gaspar Noe’s Latest Is Softer But No Less Arresting Than His Usual, Making It One Of His Best

“Life is but a dream.

A dream within a dream.” But not all dreams are beautiful.

Some reflect life’s saddest and most heart-wrenching moments.

Dreams are not always a refuge.

And it is on that note that writer-director Gaspar Noé comes in.

Vortex,” his new film, begins with that quote and continues throughout its runtime to highlight how dark dreams can become.

His vision shows how real life and dreams merge and bend, and in the end, exist simultaneously in the expanse of our consciousnesses, which only exist for the short period of time…The post Vortex Review: Gaspar Noe’s Latest Is Softer But No Less Arresting Than His Usual, Making It One of His Best appeared first on /Film.

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