Gaspar Noé Says ‘Love’ Went Viral On Netflix During The Pandemic Because “People Needed To Masturbate”

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In an interview with Vulture, the French director explained his perspective on “Love.” The film didn’t exactly set the world on fire when it was released theatrically, but it caught on eventually. Though Noé primarily contends its success was because people needed something to jerk off to during the pandemic.

“People needed to masturbate,” Noé said, sharing his theory on the film’s popularity on streaming. “Now people don’t buy DVDs. So on the platforms, what was the most pornographic thing they could find, and also that had an artistic excuse? Of course, it was ‘Love.’ There are millions of people who saw it in France during the pandemic and in the States even more. They would never go to see an erotic movie in a theater because it was dangerous,”

“But it seems the movie was mostly seen on Netflix because it had a not very successful commercial release when it came out theatrically. And people were watching it many times because they needed some support for the masturbation. How do they masturbate nowadays now that ‘Love’ is not streamable? Which movie are they doing it to?”