I just re-read T.S. Eliot's poem, "The Waste Land," for a class. It must have been a huge influence for this film.
"A heap of broken images." That's part of a line from the poem. Would be a pretty approriate description of Enter the Void, huh? In both describing the structuture and tone of the movie. Well, it is also quite self-descriptive of the poem. While the scenes in "The Waste Land" are not connected by a coherent plot and single character like in Enter the Void, it is that same idea of the eye of the narrative moving from one scene to another, giving little glimpses of the human condition. And the nature of those scenes, both in the poem and the movie, certianly brings the adjective "broken" to mind.
But the similarities do not end at stucture. The overlap of themes is very noticeable. Both are heavily centered around the idea of death and re-birth. The concept of abortion is briefly addressed in each. Both have similair scenes depiciting male-female relations, with pretty clear feminist themes. Attempts at human connection--specifically in the modern, urban world. The awakening of the soul--specifically in the modern, urban world.
For anyone partcularly interested in this film and/or its themes, I highly recommend checking this poem out. And anyone who has, do you see it?