Gaspar Noé’s Irreversible is famous for two things: a nine-minute, single-take rape scene that is almost unwatchable, and a brutal murder early in the film (timeline) that features the first on-screen depiction of a head being crushed with a fire extinguisher. Told in reverse chronological order, the film starts with tragedy and violence, slowly unwinding to show the innocent happiness that existed before everything went wrong. It is a devastating study of time, fate, and the fragility of happiness, using nausea-inducing cinematography and sound design to make the audience physically feel the disorientation of the characters.
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