John Fowles Vs Gaspar Noe

Throughout the history of the humanity, in one way or another, human beings have been looking for stability through rules and to preserve themselves from abrupt changes. As a matter of fact, for this reason we had, we have, and we will have so many problems to evolve as a society, even though thousands of years of evolution. When altering us the perception of the time, place and the traditions we are attached to, our world is distorted far enough, and it is difficult to us to overcome our fears. This assertion can be probed in two masterpieces belonging to two artistic fields such as literature and cinema. John Fowles and Gaspar Noé show us in their respective works how vulnerable is our perception about to act accurately or to be an outcast …show more content…
To tell the truth, the film created a quandary the first night, and it disturbed the audience because of its own interpretation of time. Gaspar Noé shows in this film how difficult can be to twist the time order in cinema. The film had a reversed order and starts from the end towards the beginning. There are countless movies about rape and revenge but it was the first one to point out the morality of its acts when the order is altered. The sickening act of revenge carried out by Pierre horrified the audience because it was entirely out of context. The frenetic action at the beginning helps to increase feeling awful with of the atrocious act. This story goes towards the highpoint, with Pierre and Marcus looking for revenge. At that point, a stationary-camera shots the scene and never cuts away. This scene lasts an eternity not only for Alex, but also for the audience in nine unbearable minutes that changes completely our thoughts about the end of the film. The rest of the film goes through the beginning when Alex, Pierre and Marcus have a good time at a party after the romantic initial passage at Alex’s house. Finally, at the end of the movie, Alex appears lying on the grass in a park reading, ironically, An Experiment with Time, a book by J.W.Dune which deals with the awareness of time. Likewise, the film ends with the quotation “time destroys all things” which shows us how appropriate can be actions depending on whichever way we view the story. Noé puts in question how such barbarity can be justified when we are forced to view both acts in a counter-clockwise