Yorgos Lanthimos surprises again with ‘Poor Creatures’ – Publimetro Peru

It looks like we already have the movie of the year, it’s ‘Poor Creatures’, the fourth collaboration between director Yorgos Lanthimos and actress Emma Stone. A story filled with magic and science fiction that tells the story of Bella Baxter (Stone); A young pregnant woman jumps from a bridge and her body is recovered by a mad scientist (Willem Dafoe), who experiments on her, transplanting her baby’s brain to keep her alive.

‘Poor Creatures’ is a beautiful, humorous and strange reimagining of the Frankenstein story that explores the awakening of primary pleasures and how to enjoy them. Lanthimos received the blessing of late author Alasdair Gray to adapt his 1992 novel and began working on the script with screenwriter Tony McNamara during the filming of The Favourite.

Lanthimos transforms Emma Stone into a strange and wild child, or as the director described her in interviews: “A mind that can be free without shame or prejudice. “Just experience the world on your own terms.”

Without Emma Stone in attendance at the 80th edition of the Venice Film Biennale, due to the actors’ strike in Hollywood, Lanthimos admitted to feeling uncomfortable receiving all the publicity prominence in front of the press. He said in reference to his actress, “She should be here. She should explain why she takes certain decisions while interpreting the character.”

The Greek director, who surprised everyone with ‘Canino’, kicked off the awards race in Venice in 2018 with ‘The Favourite’. With the film she won the Grand Jury Prize, as well as the Volpi Cup for Best Actress for Olivia Colman. Award which he later repeated at the Oscars, where the film received 10 nominations.

It was also the beginning of reinvention for Emma Stone after winning an Oscar for ‘La La Land’ in 2016. Perhaps that is why it seemed logical that it would be at the Lido where they would present ‘Pobres Creatures’, their last collaboration after ‘La Favorita’. They both want this to be the beginning of a new awards season for both of them. “My film talks about freedom to think and see the world, the position of women in society, the relationship between men and women,” the filmmaker told us.

Lanthimos read the novel in 2011 and had since wanted to adapt it. Stone’s involvement also goes back a long way, as she approached him about the project at the end of filming of ‘The Favourite’ and he has shown interest in it ever since. “Emma has been kept informed about the whole process and I think that’s helped her because she’s had the character in mind in some way or the other throughout this whole process,” revealed the director, who, speaking on her own behalf, Didn’t stop expressing surprise. Of the actress. Lanthimos said, unlike the novel, the film’s story focuses entirely on Bella Baxter’s point of view, “the mind that can start from scratch, completely free, without any shame or prejudice.”

The story begins in London, in the home and workshop of the surgeon who brings her back to life and where the first phase of discoveries takes place, until Bella’s desire for liberation arises and she travels with an independent lawyer. Turns out the man she gives life to is a hilarious Mark Ruffalo.

Lanthimos herself talked about the actress and the sex scenes; “It was very important for me not to make a film that was prurient, because that would be a complete betrayal of the main character. “We had to make sure that Emma wasn’t ashamed of her body, her nudity or participating in those scenes, and she understood that right away,” he said.

Sex plays an important role in ‘Poor Creatures’ and the education of young Bella, who learns through trial and error what she likes and what she doesn’t like. “It’s strange, isn’t it? “Why is there no sex in movies?” Lanthimos asked. “It’s a shame that Emma can’t be here with us to talk more about this because it’s weird it’s just me explaining this. First, sex is an intrinsic part of the novel: its freedom includes sensuality. And secondly, it was very important for me not to make a simple film because that would completely betray the main character. We had to be confident and the character didn’t know what it was like to be embarrassed. “Emma has no reason to be ashamed of her body, her nudity or her participation in those scenes.”

Additionally, she had an intimacy coordinator during filming. The director confessed, “At first this profession seemed dangerous to most filmmakers, but it’s like everything, if you find a good professional, you realize you really need them. ” Lanthimos displays a visual enthusiasm in constructing sets that transform Lisbon, Paris or London into dystopian versions of themselves. “The first thing I do is look at what the story asks of me, but it is true that from a cinematic point of view I am interested in developing a style and taking it forward in each film. It was about doing something different, the world that suited him might not be the world as we know it” shared Greeley.

Black humor, a touch of pathos and absurdity are also elements of the filmography that grow with each film. In ‘Poor Creatures’ Lanthimos presents his best version to the public’s delight. He concluded, “Feeding on what I see, read, and imagine, there is something absurd in all human behavior, and in sexuality, too, it seems natural to me.”

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