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A look back at Gaspar Noé’s brutal told-in-reverse drama, which has been rereleased in a “Straight Cut” version. By Beatrice Loayza In bed with her lover, Alex (Monica Bellucci) recounts a dream: “I ...

Still, you had to wonder how the movie might have played if its structure hadn’t been reversed — if its conclusion bent more toward the usual. We now, with Noé’s permission, have a chance to find out.

“When I saw ‘Straw Dogs’ I walked out during the rape scene,” the French director says, on the occasion of his own film's 20th-anniversary recut. Every self-respecting or self-hating cinephile has a ...