Raw, intense, bleak, with an interesting style and merciless editing. I could have done without the horse-killing opening scene though.

I rather like the intense, aggressive editing and the deep, bellowing stabs and gunshot sounds that come with it. The intertitle approach might strike some as obnoxious or a bit funny (and there might be more of a darkly comedic feel here than in other Noé films), but man, I like it. Noé has only gotten better from here, but this is great. The Butcher is one grim motherfucker, and this is but a prologue to I Stand Alone.

If you like horses, this is the film for you!

I was actually shaking when it was finished.

Familiarity with "Seul contre tous" may have slightly diminished the power of this precursor, but even so, it manages to hit the viewer with a force very rarely found in short films. Although Noé of course is a director who very much divides audiences, for this viewer "Carne" established that he is the real deal, a director who genuinely asks how cinema might be capable of something new.

Words like "gritty" and "visceral" fall short of describing this excellent short film.

Yikes.

04 Temmuz 2011 & noe'nin atmosfer kurma cabasinin verim vermeye basladigi bir film. filmin geneline yayilmis, sert ve kirli kurgu atmosferi tamamliyor. kirmizi renklerin hakim oldugu, sinema kurallarinin cignenip cignenip, yenilerinin konuldugu alisilmisin disinda bir film. I Stand Alone ile ayn%u0131 karakterin devam hikayesini anlatmis ve o filmde de ayni kurgu ve atmosfer ile cok daha basarili ve uzun bir ise imza atmisti. seyirciyi zorlayici ve bu nedenle de guzel.

"A half-length, less developed precursor to I Stand Alone that tells the tale of the angry horse butcher from that movie who is left with a retarded girl to bring up. Some small events cause him to suspect a man of molesting his daughter which sends him over the violent edge and into prison. Like with I Stand Alone, the narration consists of raw, angry thoughts, and the brutal film pulls no punches, but the style and character is relatively undeveloped."

5 Juliol 2011 - Reflexió interessant sobre la caracterització social de l'individu sotmès a situacions extremes. La violència en l'ésser humà. Interessant manera de narrar: Cares despersonalitzades per l'ocultació dels ulls, pas del temps, impactes visuals i sonors, explicitació o suggeriment.

Good, with Noe's typical blend of horrific realism, intense violence and assaults to the audience. But for the first time, those inter-titles kind of annoyed me. They were a bit TOO preachy.

Gaspar Noe's short serves as an introduction to the butcher character from I Stand Alone (and, briefly, Irreversible). It does quite a bit to explain how he got to be so hostile and misanthropic, and fills in much of the background detail. The intertitles are even more heavy-handed than the ones in ISA, though.

Disturbing, addressing the violence so raw.

Noe's first masterpiece introduces us to the character known only as the Butcher and follows his grim existence as he struggles to maintain his business and care for his daughter. Filmed using aggressive camera techniques that intensify every scene and featuring sharp editing that produces a perfect flowing narrative, Carne is an intense study into the banal existence of one man who is driven to feelings of extreme anger and dissatisfaction from living in a selfish society.

I would honestly recommend it only if you've seen "Seul Contre Tous" and want a little more background information than what's provided in the title sequence. Otherwise, start with some of his later work and move backwards.

How can you NOT love that loud, obnoxious *GONG* that comes with every intertitle?

Edited in such a pretentious way...

I found it really darkly funny at times, and the loud sting that accompanies the intertitles or fast camera movements was hilarious. Plot-wise, it seems like nothing much really happens, but it's still a very good short by Noe.

A really intense short film. Noe is great. Intense from start to finish, and is extra cool because it has a really gritty, film student aspect to it. A work.

Such an annoying presence from the director.