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May 11, 2023 · Lanthimos directed and produced “Poor Things” from a script by Tony McNamara. The film was produced by Element Pictures’ Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe, with the Irish/U.K. film company developed ...
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Sep 1, 2023 · September 1, 2023 @ 10:24 AM. Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone have reteamed and the result, “Poor Things,” is being heralded as a new classic for the ages. In “Poor Things,” Stone plays a ...
Nov 29, 2023 · In addition to “The Favourite” and “Poor Things,” Lanthimos, 50, and Stone, 35, have collaborated on the short film “Bleat” as well as “And,” a comic anthology due next year. “I ...
Mar 13, 2024 · A film such as Poor Things matters because it stands against an increasingly sexless pop-cultural landscape; Barbie, the highest-grossing film of 2023 worldwide, was robbed of additional Oscar ...
Oct 3, 2023 · Poor Things is an inventive reconstruction of the Victorian novel. It modernizes it by discussing health matters and physicians, real and fictional, which captures the most advanced knowledge of the time; incorporating political and social issues without melodrama; and by discussing sexual relationships without being graphic or excessive.
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Jan 1, 2001 · January 19, 2024. Written by 20th century Scotland's greatest author, Alasdair Gray, Poor Things is at once an homage to the gothic legacy of Victorian fiction and a pseudo-feminist satire of the genre. On its surface, Poor Things is a creature stitched together by Lolita, Flowers for Algernon, and, appropriately, Frankenstein.
