{"product_id":"irreversible-tim-palmer-9780230336971","title":"Irreversible","description":"\u003cp\u003eGaspar Noé's \u003ci\u003eIrreversible\u003c\/i\u003e is uncompromising and visceral, an essential piece of modern cinema. Punctuated by dazzling avant-garde techniques, the film depicts, in reverse-chronological order, a woman's rape and her boyfriend and friend's subsequent hunt for vengeance through the underworld of Paris. Confrontational yet influential, \u003ci\u003eIrreversible\u003c\/i\u003e has polarized audiences since its release in 2002, making it until now almost impossible to study dispassionately. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis first book-length study of \u003ci\u003eIrreversible\u003c\/i\u003e situates Noé's work in the ecosystem of contemporary French media, exploring how Irreversible and a larger-scale cinéma du corps actually inspired France's film resurgence in the early twenty-first century. From there, Palmer shows Irreversible to be one of the most subversive star vehicles in recent world cinema, in the form of its iconic lead performers, Vincent Cassel, Monica Bellucci, and Albert Dupontel. Investigating the spectrum of reactions created by Noé's film - through its pugnacious stylistic design, its on-screen deconstruction of Paris, its international critical reception and its unexpectedly utopian counterpoints to violence and despair - the book generates a new rational dialogue about \u003ci\u003eIrreversible\u003c\/i\u003e that challenges any instinct simply to reject or condemn it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tim Palmer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0230336973\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780230336971\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Red Globe Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/12\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.40h x 5.20w x 0.50d","brand":"Tim Palmer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43913464512767,"sku":"9780230336971","price":35.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_248a9532-0e1c-4bc8-aea6-9ea41cc8173c.jpg?v=1680620527","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/irreversible-tim-palmer-9780230336971","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}