I do not assume standing ovations at festivals are the end-all, be-all of a movie’s worthiness, however listening to the excitement out of Venice for Yorgos Lanthimos’ new movie, Bugonia, has me excited.
The movie reportedly had the group going for six minutes, and up to now, critiques are calling it a “crazy” black comedy/thriller and indicating that the group was receptive to its bizarre comedy.
It stars Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons as a kidnap sufferer and kidnapper, respectively—she’s the CEO of a serious firm, however her captors imagine she is an alien attempting to destroy the planet.
It is a remake of Save the Inexperienced Planet! directed by Jang Joon-Hwan in 2003. Director Jang first conceived the concept whereas watching Stephen King’s Distress, having fun with the movie however feeling disillusioned with the shortage of depth within the character of Annie Wilkes. He determined that if he had been to make a kidnapping movie, it might be from the kidnapper’s perspective (by way of The Village Voice).
Lanthimos and Stone have had a profitable partnership following the awards darling, Poor Issues (written by Tony McNamara), which carried out nicely in 2023. They went on to deliver Sorts of Kindness to Cannes the next yr.
“We now have an ideal relationship,” Lanthimos advised the AP that yr.
“We simply love working collectively,” Stone added.
Bugonia is in theaters Oct. 24. It was written by Will Tracy, who additionally wrote The Menu. (Take a look at our interview with Tracy to be taught extra about his course of!)
Focus Options dropped the trailer for the movie yesterday. Test it out under.
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Tell us what you assume! Will you be watching this one?
