In 2020, Gaspar Noé suffered a brain hemorrhage that sent the Argentine filmmaker to the hospital and almost killed him. But the whole experience was not without its perks.
“Watching ‘Gravity’ on morphine was the best cinematic experience of my life,” Noé said in a new interview with The Independent.
While recovering in a Paris hospital room, Noé watched Alfonso Cuaron’s 2013 space drama, which stars Sandra Bullock as an astronaut forced to survive by herself after an accident leaves her stranded. The film’s stunning cinematography from two-time Oscar winner Emmanuel Lubezki, combined with the large amounts of painkillers Noé was on, apparently resulted in an incredibly memorable viewing.
He likened the experience to watching “2001: A Space Odyssey” for the first time when he was seven years old. He credits the wonder that Stanley Kubrick’s film instilled in him with inspiring him to become a director in the first place.
“Watching ‘Gravity’ on morphine was the best cinematic experience of my life,” Noé said in a new interview with The Independent.
While recovering in a Paris hospital room, Noé watched Alfonso Cuaron’s 2013 space drama, which stars Sandra Bullock as an astronaut forced to survive by herself after an accident leaves her stranded. The film’s stunning cinematography from two-time Oscar winner Emmanuel Lubezki, combined with the large amounts of painkillers Noé was on, apparently resulted in an incredibly memorable viewing.
He likened the experience to watching “2001: A Space Odyssey” for the first time when he was seven years old. He credits the wonder that Stanley Kubrick’s film instilled in him with inspiring him to become a director in the first place.
- 5/21/2022
- by Christian Zilko
- Indiewire
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