Directed by YORGOS LANTHIMOS
Starring JESSE PLEMONS, EMMA STONE, WILLEM DAFOE
Released 28 JUNE
Some guy once said some words that resonated with some other guys, and those words were this: “God is dead”. I allude to that quotation because the Greek filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos definitely has other ideas. It’s hard to see his work as being spiritual, or interested in matters of down-to-earth religious dogma. He merely believes that God is very much alive, because how else would He be able to torment humankind with every available resource in His considerable arsenal?
The ironically titled is a salacious, sun-bleached triptych in which various people. What are the limits of the boss/employee relationship dynamic? Is it possible to adapt to the behaviour changes of a loved-one? And how far can someone push themselves to display an act of extreme fealty to another?
