I didn’t expect these movies to have anything in common thematically
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but they’re both literally about moon guys making life real sad
Also, both had an immersion breaking moment when someone I know from podcasting showed up halfway through the film.
And they’re both great! Highly recommend to everyone here. I’m sure mostly everyone here has seen I Saw the TV Glow but Bugonia is another Lanthimos banger.
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I’m still scared to watch I Saw The TV Glow being a freshly cracked egg still. Euphoria was great though so maybe it is time.
I feel like eggs and freshly cracked eggs are the primary target demographic.
I watched it less than an hour ago
I’m debating whether to make one of these but it’s for I Saw the TV Glow and the “real” message is
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7 hour long video essays about children’s TV shows will ruin your life
Also while I’m up on my soapbox I’ll just mention, some people called this movie Lynchian but I don’t think they realize that Lost Highway is a Lynch film with a very similar kind of gnostic vibe, dealing with dissociation and rejecting a truth that is so hard to swallow that it’s easier to construct and live in a fake world, only for the contradictions from the real world to catch back up to the protagonist.
Bugonia is the first Lanthimos movie I’ve actually liked. The end is pretty predictable based on the fact that it’s Lanthimos, but the loosening of his “It’s my movie so you’ll have to accept that this universe has certain unspoken rules that make the characters’ choices seem normal” rule made it easier to digest. You don’t have to take nearly as much for granted as much as you do in most of his other movies.
I really liked how it had some tension about whether it’s set in the real world or not. Reminded me of Beau is Afraid which also made you wonder whether it was taking place in reality or just inside the head of the protagonist.
I found The Killing of a Sacred Deer very frustrating for that reason. But didn’t mind his other movies, maybe Kinds of Kindness has a little too many strange character moments but it was novel enough that I didn’t mind.
You should check out Dogtooth, it’s also one of his movies where there aren’t hidden rules.
