Yorgos Lanthimos' The Lobster

[Crockett]

Details are finally known about Yorgos Lanthimos' (Dogtooth, Alps) next project,The Lobster, it'll be his English-language debut and he has kicked off by assembling some very talented cast members, Léa Seydoux, Jason Clarke, Ben Whishaw and Olivia Colman. A very good start.

An unconventional love story set in a dystopian near future where single people, according to the rules of the Town, are arrested and transferred to the Hotel. There they are obliged to find a matching mate in 45 days. If they fail, they are transformed into an animal of their choosing and released into the woods. A desperate Man escapes from the Hotel to the Woods where the Loners live and there he falls in love, although it’s against their rules.

The synopsis has already his distinguish vibe to it, can't wait.

 

[Crockett]

Rachel Weisz has joined the cast and due to scheduling conflicts Jason Clarke has been replaced by Colin Farrell. Ariane Labed and Aggeliki Papoulia who've previously worked with Lanthimos has also joined the ensemble.

http://www.deadline.com/2014/02/berlin-the-lobster-nets-rachel-weisz-colin-farrell/

 

[NosfeRomas]

Oh yeah, another pretentious film by a clueless director to remind us how Greece has completely lost any good taste they had. The guy is a product of connections, marketing and his relationship with a famous Greek comedian (soft nepotism if you catch me)


I know my post has a lot of hate but as someone who wants to make movies i am tired of hearing how groundbreaking, original and talented he is when he just IS. If you want good Greek cinema check out Pantelis Voulgaris, Ntinos Katsouridis, Nikos Koundouros, Michael Kakoyannis and of course Costas Gavras and Theodoros Aggelopoulos.

 

[Crockett]

Dogtooth at deepest question the modern humanity, there's lot of subtext going for it. It criticize those parents who believe that the only way to raise their kids is by shielding them from every outside influence, showing society as complicit to acts of social deviance and ultimately presenting the human as imprisoned with a natural tendency to question boundaries of existence.

Angelopoulos is brilliant, Costa-Gavras was born in Greece but his works are primarily in French, not familiar with Voulgaris.

 

[NosfeRomas]

Dogtooth at deepest question the modern humanity, there's lot of subtext going for it. It criticize those parents who believe that the only way to raise their kids is by shielding them from every outside influence, showing society as complicit to acts of social deviance and ultimately presenting the human as imprisoned with a natural tendency to question boundaries of existence.

Except it didn't. It was a stand, a camera, a plagiarised script and an ego huge enough to tell the actors "do hardcore **** on camera, its art". The idea was stolen, th execution was terrible and the praise he got, he didn't deserve.