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Mark, Lawrence, Sarahlyn, and Al discuss the 4-Oscar-winning film Poor Things as well as the other creations of writer/director Yorgos Lanthimos, including most notably The Lobster, Dogtooth, and The Killing of a Sacred Deer. These films mix high concepts, purposively stilted line-readings, and increasingly rich cinematography with horror and gross sex.
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Thanks for the effort y’all put into your analysis!
I just watched Poor Things on Disney, largely because you alerted me to it being from the same dude as The Lobster, which I loved. In both cases I was introduced to them as comedies and was laughing out a lot. So I was quite surprised you didn’t discuss them more as comedy
Perhaps that’s because I have this British dark comedy sensibility, but there are so many funny lines in Poor Things!