By Scott Beggs · Published on March 9th, 2011
What’s better than a surreal movie about parents who imprison their children and torture them in creative ways? News that the director wants to get “darker.”
According to the LA Times, Yorgos Lanthimos (whose movie Dogtooth was nominated for an Oscar) is working on Alps ‐ a movie about a group of people who agree to act as replacements for lost family members and friends by mirroring their behavior.
He’s already editing, trying to get it ready before Cannes in May, and he claims it’s both funny and dark, swinging between both “extremes a little bit more [than Dogtooth].” It’s fascinating to see filmmakers tool around with social norms and relationship dynamics. It looks like Greece may have its very own Sion Sono.
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