Extras & Packaging

But the Australian or French Blu-ray editions sometimes include a short film: Romance (Noé’s uncredited contribution to the 7 Days in Havana anthology). Yet the absence of context is, in itself, the context. Noé has said in interviews that Love is meant to be felt, not understood. By stripping the disc of special features, the home release forces you into the same isolation as Murphy. You cannot seek the director’s hand to hold. You cannot find a "behind the scenes" rationalization for why you just watched a man cry while having intercourse.

The world of "Love" may appear impenetrable, detached, or disquietingly familiar; nonetheless, Noé coaxes from his audience an immediate, viscerally impacting involvement. In confronting our discomfort and desire to both connect and disengage, we gain an acceptance of human relationships in all their fraught uncertainty.