Gasper's True Love

Gasper Noe certainly eschews “safe” through the use of actors with a willingness to embrace the actual sex of their characters, but the film isn’t just decadence and free love. It is about how sex can lead to a life altering sequence of circumstances that interfere with daily rituals of public and private fucking. Sex clubs and parking garages, narrow steps leading forward to ongoing foot traffic which could interrupt them at any moment. The broken condom, pregnancy with a girl he was only interested in casual sex, and the lost love he truly desired; Noe’s male “hero” faces the consequences of “living life on the edge”.

But I won’t mince words: this is still a film for the curious, wondering just how salacious and provocative it is. Well, for one thing, there’s a direct camera shot towards a masturbating penis spewing sperm. There’s couplings, fellatio, threesomes, plentiful masturbating, and oral sex. It is all under the style of Noe’s direction, for which his fans might find interesting. With 50 Shades of Grey (and its later novels) has proven, there’s great interest in how relationships work in an ever complicated world where sexual dynamics are changing and curiosity in sex (and pursuing that curiosity actively) is at an all time high.