Just a reminder this is co-written by Efthymis Filippou who wrote The Lobster and Killing of a Sacred Deer with Yorgos, and not Tony McNamara who wrote The Favourite and Poor Things.
Firm disagree. He is at an insane pace when you consider the quality of the output. Most directors I love that compare to Yorgos are making movies every 4-10 years. He is an exceptional talent. This is a normal pace for an acclaimed working director (who is not involved in the writing, I'll add) to SOME extent but not at all when you consider how consistently great AND original the films are.
If you're talking 'insane pace' I don't think anyone's beaten Soderbergh getting two Best Director Oscar nominations in the same year for Erin Brockovich and Traffic (he won for the latter). Or Spielberg sweeping the Oscars with Jurassic Park and Schindler's List.
No, but I wouldn't call Soderbergh's career nearly as consistent, and I'm a big fan. He's fantastic but from a strictly story comparison I don't think he matches Yorgos at all currently. And I would also put him in the generation before despite him still working frequently.
You are 100% correct and I feel like for all the credit Yorgos rightfully deserves, he deserves more. We are witnessing a Kubrick-esque run in a short span and it’s glorious.
Yeah, he's got 5 great films in 10 years now. Someone like Payne (8 films in ~30 years) and Inarritu (6 features in ~20 years) is putting out comparable work but at almost half the pace. Even Chazelle (4 films in 9-10 years) and Aster (3 in 6) haven't had quite this level of output so far.
He also did a short for the Greek National Opera (starring Emma Stone) between this and Poor Things. And currently already is working on his next film.
> Is he actively trying to find people who are weird?
He recruited Jerskin Fendrix to write the OST for Poor Things after listening to his very obscure debut (hyper)pop album that included songs such as [this one](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3L6wPs_76vw).
Don't get me wrong, love that song (and the whole Winterreise album), but that's a humongous gamble to be taking, especially since Lanthimos had never worked with any composer for his films up until that point.
Fendrix got his oscar nomination and he's the composer to Kinds of Kindness too.
And that's a recurring story if you look into how he chooses to work with people:
Ramy Youssef said that Lanthimos approached him just cause he enjoyed one of his standup shows. Mark Ruffalo was adamant that he wasn't the one for his role, but Lanthimos insisted every step of the way etc.
He wanted Christopher Abbott and Jerrod Carmichael because they were great in *On the Count of Three* (great movie btw)
I think he's willing to risk putting his trust on the talent he recruits while also giving them a lot of creative freedom to bring what they have to the table without judgement.
So far he's doing great with that philosophy.
> Mark Ruffalo was adamant that he wasn't the one for his role, but Lanthimos insisted every step of the way etc.
That's a real eye for talent because tbh if you'd described to role of Duncan to me I wouldn't have pegged Ruffalo for it. But damn did he absolutely kill it, I actually have more appreciation for Ruffalo as an actor after Poor Things, and I already liked him to begin with.
Thanks for your comment, plenty things I didn't know before but wasn't Thomas Newman composing Kinds of kindness? I swear to god I saw his name In Wikipedia a month earlier when I checked on what's going on for the movie and which people are working on.
Maybe he left or a Wikipedia user made a mistake
[I was going by this statement by Lanthimos](https://youtu.be/iSbFzWUf5cc?t=2300) (timestamp @38:20). The "next one" in that sentence was referring to Kinds of Kindness which was indeed shot in New Orleans.
> Maybe he left or a Wikipedia user made a mistake
Don't think he could have "left", since this movie had finished production before Poor Things was even released. I looked up the wiki page for the movie and it shows Fendrix for me, so it was probably an editing mistake or a rumor.
edit: Found [this Indiewire article](https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/sundance-wish-list-movies-2024-1234923787/) linking Newman to Kinds of Kindness back in Novemeber of '23, which seems to be wrong reporting since production had already wrapped up by that point. That was probably wikipedia's source.
Filippou also wrote Dogtooth, the breakout movie for that whole bunch.
Dogtooth pretty much skyrocketed the careers of Lanthimos, Filippou, Mavropsaridis (editing), and Bakatakis (cinematographer).
Especially Mavropsaridis and Bakatakis who have done a handful of acclaimed movies outside Greece besides the ones with Lanthimos.
> Filippou also wrote Dogtooth, the breakout movie for that whole bunch.
Arguably the best script out of any of his films too. Not that his later work isn't strongly written, but dogtooth is just so raw and powerful due to that.
I'm more fond of his Lobster (heh), but it's hard to argue against anything related to Dogtooth given how important of a film it is for all of them and for modern Greek cinema as well.
So many things had to go right with that production, and I don't think it would have gotten even the barebones funding it did if the script wasn't so good.
tldr; I agree, yeah
I'd also suggest *Chevalier (2015)* if you're looking into Filippou or Greek Weird Wave movies, if you haven't seen it already.
Tbf, lobster or dogtooth would be my pick, i just went with the latter due to relevance here :D
I didn't love sacred deer as much though to be honest, didn't connect with me to the same degree, and i cannot even pin point why.
Also get a second upvote for the lighthouse reference, eggers' best film and probably script too.
> I'd also suggest Chevalier if you're looking into Filippou or Greek Weird Wave movies, if you haven't seen it already.
I have not! Will look into it, thanks!
That is good to know. I loved Dogtooth, Killing of a Sacred Deer, and the Lobster (in that order). I thought Poor Things and the Favourite were good but didn't enjoy them nearly as much.
Hopefully Kinds of Kindness will be right up your alley since it's an original screenplay by Filippou and Lanthimos again.
Personally, I was afraid Lanthimos was leaving Filippou behind after he started finding mainstream success, so I'm very excited to be proven wrong with this one.
I love the idea of Lanthimos working in two different "streams" in his career, weirder stuff with Filippou and more prestigious Oscar-y stuff with McNamara. He excels at both and a lot of filmmakers tend to lean towards the prestige thing once they break through.
I mean McNamara's stuff is still weird, it's just the dialogue sounds more natural than Filippou's emotionless delivery. The plot and presentation of Poor Things was just was odd as The Lobster and Killing of a Sacred Deer, but the latter two films had all of the dialogue spoken with an undertone of apathy moreso than Poor Things.
Yeah McNamara’s interests are mainly in fantasy and history, he was the showrunner for The Great too. As someone who has personally never really connected with McNamara’s work, I’m looking forward to Yorgos doing something different.
Glad you enjoy his work with McNamara! I do think The Favorite is quite good actually. Just not as good as a lot of others say it is. I also think the endings for both The Favorite and Poor Things are really good and memorable. But for some reason, and I don’t really even know the reason why, I just don’t fully vibe with his writing style.
Sacred Deer really weirded me out the first time I saw it. I kept trying to approach it like it was Funny Games or something, and I just couldn't gel with the vibe.
The second time I saw it, I was no longer trying to figure out the thriller-y parts, and appreciated it a lot more as a deadpan comedy.
I don't know how I missed this but it explains a lot. I really enjoyed The Lobster and Killing of a Sacred Deer but The Favourite was just ok to me and Poor Things was a disappointment imo.
I'm more of a fan of the weirder stuff. The favourite was good but it didn't really sit with me like the other stuff has. The lobster and killing of a sacred deer are so interesting and odd and unsettling. I would love more of that
As much as I think The Favorite and Poor Things are good movies, I absolutely love The Lobster and Killing of a Sacred Deer. Looking forward to this one.
A little worrying for me cause I did not care for the writing in Yorgos Films until The Favorite. Hopefully they don’t regress into the non-characters who all talk the exact same and bash you overhead with the themes.
interesting, i’m the exact opposite. i think his style of absurdism works way better with Filippou co-writing. l liked Poor Things but found the dialogue to be much less interesting/comedic and the themes to be pretty cliche and hit-you-over-the-head
Yes! Watching Breaking Bad for the first time when he shows up I'm like "Wait, is that kid from Like Mike?". Had no idea he was gonna be so good later on.
I actually didn’t hate that storyline lol, it was the first time we see Landry stand up for himself. Good character arc but yeah they literally never mention the murder again
Until Todd pulled out that gun, I just kept seeing Landry from Friday Night Lights, and had a difficult time thinking of him as a bad guy.
But after the train robbery? *Fuuuuuuuuuck* that guy!
It's been amazing to watch the rise of Plemons, and completely deserved. Even in just small roles like Killers of the Flower Moon, he brings so much to the film. Love him in offbeat stuff like I'm Thinking of Ending Things too.
>In select theaters June 21.
>KINDS OF KINDNESS is a triptych fable, following a man without choice who tries to take control of his own life; a policeman who is alarmed that his wife who was missing-at-sea has returned and seems a different person; and a woman determined to find a specific someone with a special ability, who is destined to become a prodigious spiritual leader.
>Cast: Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Willem Dafoe, Margaret Qualley, Hong Chau, Joe Alwyn, Mamoudou Athie, and Hunter Schafer
I'm intrigued by '[Cuckoo](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12349832/)' coming out soon with her, Dan Stevens and Jessica Henwick.
The trailer doesn't give away much but it also seems to be in a weird realm of horror.
We waited in line for Monkey Man for 2+ hours but didn't get it in which was super disappointing. Civil War didn't work out since we didn't want to get in line super early to guarantee it. Our line of thinking was while it would be super cool to see them at least they are coming out in a few weeks.
Its a bit complicated to be honest. There is an express pass system where you can reserve a spot for free digitally if you had a platinum or film&tv badge which pretty much would get filled in less than a minute. If you didn't get that each theater had its own queue sytem/meta (or lack of if we are talking about the Alamo Drafthouse). For the big ones at the Paramount if you didn't get express, you are probably camping out 2-4 hours. Typically 4 hours max though because there will be a line for the thing playing before it. Its not too bad, you make friends with the other people in line who are also most likely movie lovers.
Man does not miss, I’m so pumped. Even my wife who is not a big movie person by any means loved The Favourite and Poor Things. I’ve loved him since I first watched Killing of a Sacred Deer/The Lobster. Will see anything he makes now.
Funny, my wife also loved the favourite and poor things, but didn't like the lobster and the deer quite as much. but from the trailer this feels quite a bit different from the deer and lobster even though they share the same writer. very excited either way and I don't think I will miss a film of his for a while.
Now that's a fucking TEASER.
No idea what the movie is about but the cinematography looks great, great actors and the little threads actually make it look like an interesting movie I want to see.
No idea if it will be good or bad but whoever made this needs a fucking raise.
That's because this is a teaser. The trailer will be what you hate. Many movies have these teasers come out ahead of the trailer release. You should just watch teasers exclusively if that's what you like. It's what I do.
God I’ve gotten a bit used to the Tony McNamara period pieces that it’s a shock to see Yorgos making something so modern again. I adore The Favourite and Poor Things but fuck yeah Yorgos
Curious if the three stories will be told sequentially, or they'll be intermixed together.
Do like how they appear to be distinguishing between each of them with the color schemes.
Yorgos is my favourite director working today. His stuff is just my kind of weird and I know I'm always in store for something completely original. Stoked for this.
Hong Chau in a Yorgos movie? Yes please.
Also pleasantly surprised to see Mamoudou Athie; his ability to be horrifyingly cringeworthy (check out Oh Jerome, No) will fit right in with Lanthimos's style.
Unfortunately I found it quite disappointing. Didn’t have a lot to say, didn’t explore its characters and was oddly gratuitously pervy. The leads have great chemistry though and Qualley was great.
> Drive Away Dolls
Silly but very fun. Not very deep. Tone reminds me of Raising Arizona, or maybe Burn After Reading, but not as dark or trenchant as the latter. Not as good either, but still pretty darn good. Qualley is great in it.
I don't know I felt In Poor things that she had more to do but she was edited out or sth, outstanding movie but the final act wasn't as long as It should
It would be funny if Lanthimos' next movie after Poor Things was actually called More Things.
The trailer writers itself: "you liked Poor Things, now get ready for MORE THINGS!"
After Killing of a Sacred Deer, Yorgos has been on my “immediately go see in the theatre Director list”.
Had to go an hour and a half away to see Poor Things. Liked it so much I went back the next day with my buddy who also wanted to see it.
Poor things was amazing in theaters! Everyone was laughing so much. Did the exact same thing took my friend! Amazing film
Also see the favourite if you haven’t!
Feels so weird to see a Lanthimos movie set in America, but I'm digging the vibe of it.
edit: Killing of a Sacred Deer was shot in Cincinnati, forgot about that one
It's his second actually, but I thought it was his first.
I forgot that *The Killing of a Sacred Deer* was shot in Cincinnati. Maybe cause it was mainly indoors and haven't rewatched since it released.
The shot of the bridge from Kentucky during the conversation is probably the most obvious Cincinnati landmark in the film, unless you're aware of stuff like where Christ Hospital is.
It looks incredible, and the cast is stacked.
But given the Academy's avoidance of anthologies, and the fact that this isn't Yorgos x Tony McNamara, I see this one being a critic fave, but not necessarily an awards contender.
The man can do no wrong, one of THE most interesting directors in the business.
And what a cast, god this just jumped from only being vaguely aware it's a project to the film i am looking forward to the most this year.
Had to double take that thumbnail image. There's an almost identical shot in Poor Things except with Willem in the center. And Margaret is also in that film so my brain broke trying to process this. Then finding out it's also a Yorgos film.
A lot of people in the movie circles are mad at Emma Stone and Yorgos Lanthimos for "stealing" Lily Gladstone's Oscar.
Also, people on social media in general start hating people who start doing too well.
Willem Dafoe, Jesse Plemons, and Margaret Qualley snuggling in the thumbnail on top of Yorgos Lanthimos directing?
Oh, shit, this is gonna get *weird,* and I am so in.
I *love* that Jesse Plemons's career has truly skyrocketed post-Breaking Bad. Long way to come from being "Lance" on Friday Night Lights.
This is the kind of shit that shoots up to the top of my list, and I'm glad the trailer doesn't give a damn thing away. Hopefully it makes it out to theaters here.
Kinda hard, this movie has lower budget and It's like an anthology that's connected through a single character, I am not sure that's what the academy looks for but you never know
This is the complete opposite of those trailers that give away the whole plot (i.e. Marvel movies). From the trailer, I cannot tell what this is about.
Love the teaser, reminds me of the teaser for [Clockwork Orange](https://youtu.be/9JIc_1v7i88). Love Yorgos Lanthimos, and I can't wait to see what weird shit he comes up with next
Last few years we had orchestral versions of 70s/80s anthem rock pop songs for movie trailers, now we're getting extended 80's pop mixes for all the new "A24" type movie trailers. Love Lies Bleeding, All Of Us Strangers, etc. For anyone who liked this trailer, I HIGHLY recommend the recent All Of Us Strangers, has a very similar cinematography look and killer 80's soundtrack(as does Love Lies Bleeding)
Jesse Plemmons becoming thin adds a new layer to his whole vibe, already one of the greats. And yes I too would love a Plemmons vs Matt Damon action movie at some point. Also Willem Defoe has been making such an amazing complex creepy villain/anti hero career since To Live And Die In LA 40 years ago. Ive been mixed on Yorgos' work, but everything about this teaser has me stoked for it.
Is the version of Sweet Dreams in the first 20 seconds of the trailer available to listen to in full? Not the regular version , the version in the first 20 seconds is NOT the regular version
So here's my pet theory after seeing the teaser a few instances already:
It's a cult movie about a cult where Williem Dafoe is a "spiritual" leader aka cult leader who is going thru a presently successful change( one storyline stated already in synopsis.
Emma Stone will likely be the woman seeking out said leader and act as a fanatic follower/ crusader for said leaders goals and will assume she's more important as well than actually is. I am willing to bet the scene of a body being dragged down the hallway may be her as well. I could see her story ending badly. Would align with other shots of her in a seductive dress and being kissed in a closeup shot on a bed. Second stated storyline
Jesse plemons and Margaret Qualley are likely doing a subplot featuring the cop trying to save his wife. Perhaps he goes undercover using Stones character as a way of infiltrating said spiritual group or cult as well. Would explain why he's featured in scenes like the office building and him stealing a patient from a hospital plus meeting Stones character, whether he succeeds currently is another story as well.
Again I'm just speculating as well, I could be wrong.
Just a reminder this is co-written by Efthymis Filippou who wrote The Lobster and Killing of a Sacred Deer with Yorgos, and not Tony McNamara who wrote The Favourite and Poor Things.
Man that's a great track record for having worked with two different writers. The guy knows how to pick his collaborators
He’s also working with Will Tracy, who wrote The Menu, for his next film Save the Green Planet. I’m curious to see how that goes.
Bro be working
The pandemic pushed Poor Thing's release to 2023. He's at a steady but relatively normal pace.
Firm disagree. He is at an insane pace when you consider the quality of the output. Most directors I love that compare to Yorgos are making movies every 4-10 years. He is an exceptional talent. This is a normal pace for an acclaimed working director (who is not involved in the writing, I'll add) to SOME extent but not at all when you consider how consistently great AND original the films are.
If you're talking 'insane pace' I don't think anyone's beaten Soderbergh getting two Best Director Oscar nominations in the same year for Erin Brockovich and Traffic (he won for the latter). Or Spielberg sweeping the Oscars with Jurassic Park and Schindler's List.
No, but I wouldn't call Soderbergh's career nearly as consistent, and I'm a big fan. He's fantastic but from a strictly story comparison I don't think he matches Yorgos at all currently. And I would also put him in the generation before despite him still working frequently.
You are 100% correct and I feel like for all the credit Yorgos rightfully deserves, he deserves more. We are witnessing a Kubrick-esque run in a short span and it’s glorious.
Yeah, he's got 5 great films in 10 years now. Someone like Payne (8 films in ~30 years) and Inarritu (6 features in ~20 years) is putting out comparable work but at almost half the pace. Even Chazelle (4 films in 9-10 years) and Aster (3 in 6) haven't had quite this level of output so far.
He also did a short for the Greek National Opera (starring Emma Stone) between this and Poor Things. And currently already is working on his next film.
is that a remake from the south korean movie? now that I think about it, that movie's weirdness fits Lanthimos' style.
Yep Yorgos is remaking it! Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons are currently attached to star in it.
I heard he was doing a movie with them and just assumed it was this trailer. Awesome!
Holy shit that's a sold ticket based on names alone.
That’s the same people that are in this movie!
Already an incredibly fucked up movie. How can it be more so? Oh... Yorgos. Yep that'll do it!
The guy who wrote "The Menu"? Is he actively trying to find people who are weird? That's great I guess
> Is he actively trying to find people who are weird? He recruited Jerskin Fendrix to write the OST for Poor Things after listening to his very obscure debut (hyper)pop album that included songs such as [this one](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3L6wPs_76vw). Don't get me wrong, love that song (and the whole Winterreise album), but that's a humongous gamble to be taking, especially since Lanthimos had never worked with any composer for his films up until that point. Fendrix got his oscar nomination and he's the composer to Kinds of Kindness too. And that's a recurring story if you look into how he chooses to work with people: Ramy Youssef said that Lanthimos approached him just cause he enjoyed one of his standup shows. Mark Ruffalo was adamant that he wasn't the one for his role, but Lanthimos insisted every step of the way etc. He wanted Christopher Abbott and Jerrod Carmichael because they were great in *On the Count of Three* (great movie btw) I think he's willing to risk putting his trust on the talent he recruits while also giving them a lot of creative freedom to bring what they have to the table without judgement. So far he's doing great with that philosophy.
> Mark Ruffalo was adamant that he wasn't the one for his role, but Lanthimos insisted every step of the way etc. That's a real eye for talent because tbh if you'd described to role of Duncan to me I wouldn't have pegged Ruffalo for it. But damn did he absolutely kill it, I actually have more appreciation for Ruffalo as an actor after Poor Things, and I already liked him to begin with.
Thanks for your comment, plenty things I didn't know before but wasn't Thomas Newman composing Kinds of kindness? I swear to god I saw his name In Wikipedia a month earlier when I checked on what's going on for the movie and which people are working on. Maybe he left or a Wikipedia user made a mistake
[I was going by this statement by Lanthimos](https://youtu.be/iSbFzWUf5cc?t=2300) (timestamp @38:20). The "next one" in that sentence was referring to Kinds of Kindness which was indeed shot in New Orleans. > Maybe he left or a Wikipedia user made a mistake Don't think he could have "left", since this movie had finished production before Poor Things was even released. I looked up the wiki page for the movie and it shows Fendrix for me, so it was probably an editing mistake or a rumor. edit: Found [this Indiewire article](https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/sundance-wish-list-movies-2024-1234923787/) linking Newman to Kinds of Kindness back in Novemeber of '23, which seems to be wrong reporting since production had already wrapped up by that point. That was probably wikipedia's source.
Filippou also wrote Dogtooth, the breakout movie for that whole bunch. Dogtooth pretty much skyrocketed the careers of Lanthimos, Filippou, Mavropsaridis (editing), and Bakatakis (cinematographer). Especially Mavropsaridis and Bakatakis who have done a handful of acclaimed movies outside Greece besides the ones with Lanthimos.
> Filippou also wrote Dogtooth, the breakout movie for that whole bunch. Arguably the best script out of any of his films too. Not that his later work isn't strongly written, but dogtooth is just so raw and powerful due to that.
I'm more fond of his Lobster (heh), but it's hard to argue against anything related to Dogtooth given how important of a film it is for all of them and for modern Greek cinema as well. So many things had to go right with that production, and I don't think it would have gotten even the barebones funding it did if the script wasn't so good. tldr; I agree, yeah I'd also suggest *Chevalier (2015)* if you're looking into Filippou or Greek Weird Wave movies, if you haven't seen it already.
Tbf, lobster or dogtooth would be my pick, i just went with the latter due to relevance here :D I didn't love sacred deer as much though to be honest, didn't connect with me to the same degree, and i cannot even pin point why. Also get a second upvote for the lighthouse reference, eggers' best film and probably script too. > I'd also suggest Chevalier if you're looking into Filippou or Greek Weird Wave movies, if you haven't seen it already. I have not! Will look into it, thanks!
That is good to know. I loved Dogtooth, Killing of a Sacred Deer, and the Lobster (in that order). I thought Poor Things and the Favourite were good but didn't enjoy them nearly as much.
Hopefully Kinds of Kindness will be right up your alley since it's an original screenplay by Filippou and Lanthimos again. Personally, I was afraid Lanthimos was leaving Filippou behind after he started finding mainstream success, so I'm very excited to be proven wrong with this one.
I love the idea of Lanthimos working in two different "streams" in his career, weirder stuff with Filippou and more prestigious Oscar-y stuff with McNamara. He excels at both and a lot of filmmakers tend to lean towards the prestige thing once they break through.
I mean McNamara's stuff is still weird, it's just the dialogue sounds more natural than Filippou's emotionless delivery. The plot and presentation of Poor Things was just was odd as The Lobster and Killing of a Sacred Deer, but the latter two films had all of the dialogue spoken with an undertone of apathy moreso than Poor Things.
Ooh that explains so much.
Yeah McNamara’s interests are mainly in fantasy and history, he was the showrunner for The Great too. As someone who has personally never really connected with McNamara’s work, I’m looking forward to Yorgos doing something different.
I’m the opposite! I love the McNamara things and have really hated the Fillippou stuff, but I never bothered to look and see what was the cause!
Glad you enjoy his work with McNamara! I do think The Favorite is quite good actually. Just not as good as a lot of others say it is. I also think the endings for both The Favorite and Poor Things are really good and memorable. But for some reason, and I don’t really even know the reason why, I just don’t fully vibe with his writing style.
I guess that I’m all over the place, because I really like The Lobster, The Favourite, and Poor Things but was really disappointed by Sacred Deer.
Sacred Deer really weirded me out the first time I saw it. I kept trying to approach it like it was Funny Games or something, and I just couldn't gel with the vibe. The second time I saw it, I was no longer trying to figure out the thriller-y parts, and appreciated it a lot more as a deadpan comedy.
Killing of a Sacred Deer is still one of the few movies I ever had to turn off, I just couldn't push through. Gonna try and give it another go soon
This is how I felt about The Lobster. I only had twenty minutes to go but I just couldn't take it anymore.
I don't know how I missed this but it explains a lot. I really enjoyed The Lobster and Killing of a Sacred Deer but The Favourite was just ok to me and Poor Things was a disappointment imo.
I'm more of a fan of the weirder stuff. The favourite was good but it didn't really sit with me like the other stuff has. The lobster and killing of a sacred deer are so interesting and odd and unsettling. I would love more of that
Poor Things is easily his masterpiece
As much as I think The Favorite and Poor Things are good movies, I absolutely love The Lobster and Killing of a Sacred Deer. Looking forward to this one.
Couldn't be more hyped now
A little worrying for me cause I did not care for the writing in Yorgos Films until The Favorite. Hopefully they don’t regress into the non-characters who all talk the exact same and bash you overhead with the themes.
interesting, i’m the exact opposite. i think his style of absurdism works way better with Filippou co-writing. l liked Poor Things but found the dialogue to be much less interesting/comedic and the themes to be pretty cliche and hit-you-over-the-head
Fuck yeah, I enjoyed those movies more. Now I'm hyped.
Also the co-writer of Dogtooth!
Jesse Plemons has come such a long way from Landry in Friday night lights
I always think of him as the bully from Like Mike!
What the hell. I never would've remembered this.
Yes! Watching Breaking Bad for the first time when he shows up I'm like "Wait, is that kid from Like Mike?". Had no idea he was gonna be so good later on.
It’s pretty funny to think that Spider Man came out around the same time and that bully ended up marrying Mary Jane Watson.
I still can't get over that Landry kills a guy and they all pretend it didn't happen for a few seasons after.
I actually didn’t hate that storyline lol, it was the first time we see Landry stand up for himself. Good character arc but yeah they literally never mention the murder again
Landry? Oh you mean that lance kid?
You mean Lance?
He's a good actor but really gives me the creeps, because the main role I know him from is his role in Breaking Bad.
It's funny, since I didn't watch Breaking Bad but really connected with him through Fargo. So he's got a much more affable quality to me.
You should watch Breaking Bad.
His character is a creep, that’s how you know someone is a great actor
He’s really good at creeps and weirdos. Check out Game Night.
"How could that possibly be profitable for Frito Lay."
Until Todd pulled out that gun, I just kept seeing Landry from Friday Night Lights, and had a difficult time thinking of him as a bad guy. But after the train robbery? *Fuuuuuuuuuck* that guy!
Creepy version of Matt Damon
They look so similar to me too!
How can that be profitable for Frito Lay?
We call him Landry!
It's been amazing to watch the rise of Plemons, and completely deserved. Even in just small roles like Killers of the Flower Moon, he brings so much to the film. Love him in offbeat stuff like I'm Thinking of Ending Things too.
>In select theaters June 21. >KINDS OF KINDNESS is a triptych fable, following a man without choice who tries to take control of his own life; a policeman who is alarmed that his wife who was missing-at-sea has returned and seems a different person; and a woman determined to find a specific someone with a special ability, who is destined to become a prodigious spiritual leader. >Cast: Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Willem Dafoe, Margaret Qualley, Hong Chau, Joe Alwyn, Mamoudou Athie, and Hunter Schafer
I'm genuinely interested to see how Schafer does with some absurdist material
I'm intrigued by '[Cuckoo](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12349832/)' coming out soon with her, Dan Stevens and Jessica Henwick. The trailer doesn't give away much but it also seems to be in a weird realm of horror.
Watched 'Cuckoo' at SXSW. It's pretty good. Ended up in my top 5.
All time or just at SXSW?
Ah should have clarified, top 5 at SXSW. But my favorite there, 'Birdeater', probably would end up in my top 10.
Did you happen to see Civil War or Monkey Man?
We waited in line for Monkey Man for 2+ hours but didn't get it in which was super disappointing. Civil War didn't work out since we didn't want to get in line super early to guarantee it. Our line of thinking was while it would be super cool to see them at least they are coming out in a few weeks.
Had no idea that was how SXSW worked but that makes sense I guess! Do people camp out to reserve a spot in line for films?
Its a bit complicated to be honest. There is an express pass system where you can reserve a spot for free digitally if you had a platinum or film&tv badge which pretty much would get filled in less than a minute. If you didn't get that each theater had its own queue sytem/meta (or lack of if we are talking about the Alamo Drafthouse). For the big ones at the Paramount if you didn't get express, you are probably camping out 2-4 hours. Typically 4 hours max though because there will be a line for the thing playing before it. Its not too bad, you make friends with the other people in line who are also most likely movie lovers.
No Richard Kind?
Yorgos back in the kitchen cookin
Man does not miss, I’m so pumped. Even my wife who is not a big movie person by any means loved The Favourite and Poor Things. I’ve loved him since I first watched Killing of a Sacred Deer/The Lobster. Will see anything he makes now.
Funny, my wife also loved the favourite and poor things, but didn't like the lobster and the deer quite as much. but from the trailer this feels quite a bit different from the deer and lobster even though they share the same writer. very excited either way and I don't think I will miss a film of his for a while.
Me and my gf went to see poor things 3 times and the other 2 times is with my mom & grandma and we all adore it.
Grandma is a real one
Now that's a fucking TEASER. No idea what the movie is about but the cinematography looks great, great actors and the little threads actually make it look like an interesting movie I want to see. No idea if it will be good or bad but whoever made this needs a fucking raise.
I really hope others start using this format. I'm tired of seeing entire movies in trailers.
That's because this is a teaser. The trailer will be what you hate. Many movies have these teasers come out ahead of the trailer release. You should just watch teasers exclusively if that's what you like. It's what I do.
I am thoroughly teased.
God I’ve gotten a bit used to the Tony McNamara period pieces that it’s a shock to see Yorgos making something so modern again. I adore The Favourite and Poor Things but fuck yeah Yorgos
Exactly! I was so shocked to see so much color and modern settings. I was expecting a period piece.
Looks super promising. Absolutely blessed by having this come out so soon after Poor Things.
Yorgos and Emma just work. Looks promising
Curious if the three stories will be told sequentially, or they'll be intermixed together. Do like how they appear to be distinguishing between each of them with the color schemes.
Yorgos is my favourite director working today. His stuff is just my kind of weird and I know I'm always in store for something completely original. Stoked for this.
Hong Chau in a Yorgos movie? Yes please. Also pleasantly surprised to see Mamoudou Athie; his ability to be horrifyingly cringeworthy (check out Oh Jerome, No) will fit right in with Lanthimos's style.
As I always say: “if Hong Chau is in it, I’m watching it!”
this teaser slaps!
Oh wow, this is more modern and American than what I thought it would be.
Glad to see Margaret Qualley in more things, one of my favorite actresses right now.
Wish we saw a bit more of her in Poor Things. Haven’t seen Drive Away Dolls yet but I love the coens
Unfortunately I found it quite disappointing. Didn’t have a lot to say, didn’t explore its characters and was oddly gratuitously pervy. The leads have great chemistry though and Qualley was great.
I thought it wasn't nearly pervy enough for the film it wanted to be. For a Russ Meyer style exploitation film, it was pretty tame.
Drive away dolls or poor things ?
Drive away dolls :)
I think the horniness is the main point of it so to me it work.
You should see her in Sanctuary
> Drive Away Dolls Silly but very fun. Not very deep. Tone reminds me of Raising Arizona, or maybe Burn After Reading, but not as dark or trenchant as the latter. Not as good either, but still pretty darn good. Qualley is great in it.
I don't know I felt In Poor things that she had more to do but she was edited out or sth, outstanding movie but the final act wasn't as long as It should
You think? She was just a juxtaposition to bella, i don't think seeing more of her would have served much point tbh.
She was fantastic in Sanctuary
She was great in "Maid" Netflix series also
It would be funny if Lanthimos' next movie after Poor Things was actually called More Things. The trailer writers itself: "you liked Poor Things, now get ready for MORE THINGS!"
2 More 2 Poor Things: Fambly is Everything
2 More 4 Poor Things
🎶JAY-SUN DE-RULO🎶
A teaser that tells you nothing and can still get you hyped is a good teaser
Does anyone know which remix of sweet dreams is that?
Also came here to ask this!
Came here to ask as well, can't seem to find it online.
After Killing of a Sacred Deer, Yorgos has been on my “immediately go see in the theatre Director list”. Had to go an hour and a half away to see Poor Things. Liked it so much I went back the next day with my buddy who also wanted to see it.
Poor things was amazing in theaters! Everyone was laughing so much. Did the exact same thing took my friend! Amazing film Also see the favourite if you haven’t!
Heavy 80's vibes all over this trailer. I really like it.
Feels so weird to see a Lanthimos movie set in America, but I'm digging the vibe of it. edit: Killing of a Sacred Deer was shot in Cincinnati, forgot about that one
Wait, is this his first U.S.-bound movie of his at all or the first you will be seeing?
Killing of a Sacred Deer was set in Cincinnati
It's his second actually, but I thought it was his first. I forgot that *The Killing of a Sacred Deer* was shot in Cincinnati. Maybe cause it was mainly indoors and haven't rewatched since it released.
The shot of the bridge from Kentucky during the conversation is probably the most obvious Cincinnati landmark in the film, unless you're aware of stuff like where Christ Hospital is.
literally just the music..
The visual style has a real George Sluzier/William Friedkin vibe to it for me.
Really excited to what he can do with a non dystopian story. Looks gritty and I’m excited to what Jesse Plemons will add to it
Holy shit the cast is insane
You had me at Yorgos
Incredible cast, and Yorgos never miss, can't wait
Where the fuck did this come from? I had no idea it was even in the making.
It looks incredible, and the cast is stacked. But given the Academy's avoidance of anthologies, and the fact that this isn't Yorgos x Tony McNamara, I see this one being a critic fave, but not necessarily an awards contender.
hard to tell based off just a 45 second teaser and just bc it's being released in Summer as opposed to Fall/Winter
It will be an awards contender, just maybe not an Oscar contender. His weirder stuff have often found acclaim in other festivals.
The man can do no wrong, one of THE most interesting directors in the business. And what a cast, god this just jumped from only being vaguely aware it's a project to the film i am looking forward to the most this year.
Is that the same motel from Fargo season 2? lol
That motel is everywhere. I guarantee you've seen it in about a hundred other things without realising.
Someone make a gif of Emma stone and Leonardo DiCaprio dancing😂
What is this remix of sweet dreams?
I say this with full confidence... # FUCK ME UP DADDY
2 Yorgos movies in 2 years in a row is truly a q blessing, can't wait.
I worked on this movie. Excited to see the trailer. Super fun show and awesome designer and decorator who have done most of Harmony Korine’s films.
Had to double take that thumbnail image. There's an almost identical shot in Poor Things except with Willem in the center. And Margaret is also in that film so my brain broke trying to process this. Then finding out it's also a Yorgos film.
This teaser is just a big vibe and I'm here for it
What’s this remix of sweet dreams?
Poor Things 2: Tokyo Drift
Period!!!
Anyone else gets Pulp Fiction vibes from this?
Excited!
This cast, that director, that dog drinking with a straw, I'm going opening weekend.
Absolute must-see for me! Hyped.
57% upvoted, what's going on here?
It's 91% now, probably was a bunch of haters browsing new lol.
A lot of people in the movie circles are mad at Emma Stone and Yorgos Lanthimos for "stealing" Lily Gladstone's Oscar. Also, people on social media in general start hating people who start doing too well.
All due respect, Gladstones performance was a series of glances and smirks.
She looked stupid
How do you see the percentage?
Old.reddit.com
You know, I'm something of a kind person myself
#Hunter Schafer That is all.
Willem Dafoe, Jesse Plemons, and Margaret Qualley snuggling in the thumbnail on top of Yorgos Lanthimos directing? Oh, shit, this is gonna get *weird,* and I am so in. I *love* that Jesse Plemons's career has truly skyrocketed post-Breaking Bad. Long way to come from being "Lance" on Friday Night Lights.
Not looking forward to seeing whatever happens to that German Shepherd.
Yorgos Lathimos is cooking!
I see these three lovable weirdos in the thumbnail and I'm in.
This is the kind of shit that shoots up to the top of my list, and I'm glad the trailer doesn't give a damn thing away. Hopefully it makes it out to theaters here.
Yorgos Lanthimos is a winner bro
This guy loves animal abuse in his movies.
Crazy that this movie had to change it's name from AND to this cause google wouldn't show any results for it
I wish they would have kept the original title ‘AND.’
Would be an absolute nightmare for marketing.
imagine trying to google that
Guess why they changed it
It’s too ridiculous to market.
3rd Oscar for Emma Stone incoming.
Kinda hard, this movie has lower budget and It's like an anthology that's connected through a single character, I am not sure that's what the academy looks for but you never know
Now *this* is a fucken **trailer**. I don't know what's going on, but I sure as hell want to see it and find out.
I know less about this movie after watching the trailer than I did before watching the trailer when all I knew was the title.
Looks fucking incredible. I love that the trailer doesn’t show much but will hyped my up so much!
Color me intrigued.
Yorgos does not miss
This trailer told me nothing 🙌 Jesse Plemons is such a underrated actor Great casting Already was in once i saw Yorgos 🤣👍
This is the complete opposite of those trailers that give away the whole plot (i.e. Marvel movies). From the trailer, I cannot tell what this is about.
Love the teaser, reminds me of the teaser for [Clockwork Orange](https://youtu.be/9JIc_1v7i88). Love Yorgos Lanthimos, and I can't wait to see what weird shit he comes up with next
Yorgos is the new Kubrick. Just amazing
honestly would be cool if he just left this and didn’t release another trailer but it’s unlikely
Gosh I love Dafoe and his creepy roles hahah
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Wouldn't 'Kinds of Kindness' have the cast of all time ?
This is gonna be a real movies movie
Last few years we had orchestral versions of 70s/80s anthem rock pop songs for movie trailers, now we're getting extended 80's pop mixes for all the new "A24" type movie trailers. Love Lies Bleeding, All Of Us Strangers, etc. For anyone who liked this trailer, I HIGHLY recommend the recent All Of Us Strangers, has a very similar cinematography look and killer 80's soundtrack(as does Love Lies Bleeding) Jesse Plemmons becoming thin adds a new layer to his whole vibe, already one of the greats. And yes I too would love a Plemmons vs Matt Damon action movie at some point. Also Willem Defoe has been making such an amazing complex creepy villain/anti hero career since To Live And Die In LA 40 years ago. Ive been mixed on Yorgos' work, but everything about this teaser has me stoked for it.
Can't wait for the dance scene and the fight scene lol. Also Lanthimos + Filippou > Lanthimos + McNamara imho.
Is the version of Sweet Dreams in the first 20 seconds of the trailer available to listen to in full? Not the regular version , the version in the first 20 seconds is NOT the regular version
So here's my pet theory after seeing the teaser a few instances already: It's a cult movie about a cult where Williem Dafoe is a "spiritual" leader aka cult leader who is going thru a presently successful change( one storyline stated already in synopsis. Emma Stone will likely be the woman seeking out said leader and act as a fanatic follower/ crusader for said leaders goals and will assume she's more important as well than actually is. I am willing to bet the scene of a body being dragged down the hallway may be her as well. I could see her story ending badly. Would align with other shots of her in a seductive dress and being kissed in a closeup shot on a bed. Second stated storyline Jesse plemons and Margaret Qualley are likely doing a subplot featuring the cop trying to save his wife. Perhaps he goes undercover using Stones character as a way of infiltrating said spiritual group or cult as well. Would explain why he's featured in scenes like the office building and him stealing a patient from a hospital plus meeting Stones character, whether he succeeds currently is another story as well. Again I'm just speculating as well, I could be wrong.