Enter the Void

Enter the Void is a 2009 Englishlanguage French drama film written and directed by Gaspar No and starring Nathaniel Brown, Paz de la Huerta, and Cyril Roy. Set in the neonlit 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 outofbody experience. The film is shot from a firstperson viewpoint, which often floats above the city streets, and occasionally features Oscar staring over his own shoulder as he recalls moments from his past. No labels the film a psychedelic melodrama.

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 Oscars interest toward The Tibetan Book of the Dead, a Buddhist book about the afterlife. The first segment begins with Linda leaving for work at a local strip club and then follows Oscars nightly routine through strict pointofview shots, including momentary blackouts that represent blinking, private internal thoughts, and extended sequences of a druginduced hallucination.Next, Alex meets Oscar at the apartment and they leave so that Oscar can deliver drugs to his friend Victor Olly Alexander. 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. They arrive at a bar called The Void. Oscar enters alone and sits down with a distressed Victor, who mutters Im sorry before they are swarmed by police officers. Oscar seals himself in a bathroom stall and attempts to flush his drugs. When the flush does not work, he yells through the door that he has a gun and will shoot. In response, a police officer opens fire and hits Oscar, who falls to the floor. ........

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