Climax: Engineering Chaos
The modern film set is a bureaucracy. It is choked by storyboards, rigid shooting schedules, and actors who demand motivation before they take a breath. Gaspar Noé recognizes that bureaucracy is the death of kinetic energy. To capture true delirium in Climax, he had to orchestrate a production as chaotic as the film itself. Production Mechanics: The 15-Day Nightmare Bref, Noé shot the entirety of Climax in just 15 days. He completely discarded the traditional script format, entering production armed with nothing but a sparse 1-page outline. The dialogue and the agonizingly complex choreography were heavily improvised on the floor. ...