Gaspar Noe , who directed the controversial Irreversible, in an interview:

(The film begins at the end and works its way back to the beginning, presenting scenes in reverse chronological order.)

The camera spins like a drunk fighting to keep his balance, a discordant soundtrack assaults the ears, stroboscopic lights flash. It is difficult to follow what is happening, though there is an overwhelming air of violence. "My aim was to make you feel out of your minds," explains Noe. He succeeds.

Irreversible continues to backtrack, to a bland love story, but rarely has blandness seemed so welcome.

While viewers will no doubt continue to walk out, Noe maintains there are others for whom the film becomes an "obsession", continually returning to it, looking for something new.

Dialogue was improvised and Noe insists (though I did not notice) that at one point Cassel says his name is Vincent, though his character is called Marcus.