Director Gaspar Noe's Climax winning acclaim despite being shot with bare-bones script

Director Gaspar Noe dispensed with the usual production necessities, such as written dialogue and storyboarding, for his latest film Climax. PHOTO: AFP
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SINGAPORE - French film-maker Gaspar Noe calls the making of his new film a "bank robbery" - it was made quickly, with a bare-bones script only a few pages long, and the action in it takes place over one night.

He dispensed with the usual production necessities, such as written dialogue and storyboarding.

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