This is the central theme of the movie. The reverse order emphasizes that once an action is taken, it cannot be undone.
The film is famous for its "top" technical execution, utilizing a reverse-chronological structure (similar to irreversivel filme top
This structure inverts the classic Aristotelian arc. Instead of catharsis—pity and fear purged through a linear rise and fall—Noé offers anticatharsis . We know the horror is coming, and we are helpless to stop it. By the time we reach the beautiful opening, the image of Alex reading on the grass is no longer idyllic; it is a tombstone. The film argues that memory is irreversible. To know the future is to poison the past. This is the central theme of the movie