Just months after made a splash in the U.S., Yorgos Lanthimos has got much of the gang back together for , a three-part anthology film sometimes referred to as a “triptych fable.
” Whether that term is completely accurate is up for debate—Lanthimos might and did push back against it—but there is no doubt that the collection is macabre, disturbing, and, often, very, very funny. And with the reunion of stars Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe, and Margaret Qualley and the new very game additions of Jesse Plemmons and Hong Chau, this new film feels like the The three sections of are loosely connected by R.M.
F., a character who exists in the background and the only one who appears in every part of the film. The rest of the actors play different roles in each, but every vignette explores themes of power, control, and social conditioning.
The resulting morals feel both old-fashioned and contemporary, not unlike (in this writer’s opinion) the twisted, wicked short stories of Ottessa Moshfegh. Speaking with , director Lanthimos and actor Dafoe walk us through the discourse, the comedy, and how a song called “Brand New Bitch” became ’ curtain call. I mean, I’ve heard about it.
It’s very funny. In the beginning, I was like, “What?” And then I was like “Okay, great.” So they consider a mainstream thing, which is incredibly good.
It is a film I was trying to make for 12 years and nobody wanted to make it, so now it’s a mainstream success, so that gives me hope that the.
