• Lanthimos is a master world builder. The lobster is a great film in a vacuum but it was important to prove that dogtooth was no fluke.
  • Part Bunuel, HG Wells, Kafka, Wes Anderson (that deadpan)—and wholly Lanthimos—he’s very big on a world with strict rules. Absurd rules
  • Great opening with a woman driving and shooting animal in the face. Sets the tone
  • Love Farrell’s big belly and dedication to this character I hesitate to say it’s his best (he’s in the new world after all) but it’s up there.
  • The use of Beethoven and the procedural way they check into this world/resort/location reminds me of a clockwork orange
  • A satire on marriage, ritual
  • Gorgeous slow-motion photography galore- 4-5 very solid sequences
  • “on my last night I’d like to watch stand by me”
  • The Barry Lyndon music- voice-over, absurdity of the voice over by Rachel Weisz—it’s very similar to the sarcastic and kind of condescending voice over of john hurt’s in dogville as well
  • The film is broken into two halves- the resort (forcing people trying to be couples) and the woods (forcing people apart)—the loners in the woods have strict rules too
  • Great scene of the loners dancing to their own music and random animals walking by in the woods
  • Idea of marriage is “we’re both shortsighted”, or “both of us get nose bleeds”- haha
  • Intermittently jarring scenes of cruelty—dead dog and suicidal woman
  • “How much do you lover her on a scale of 1-15? “ “14” “14 is a really impressive score”
  • The critiques from Lanthimos are crisp and painful
  • Back half of the top 10 quality film
  • Highly Recommend