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Although Yorgos Lanthimos is yet to be a household name in film, the Greek director’s recognition is no longer confined to art-house circles. Since he moved to London and started to develop his projects in English, with significantly bigger budgets and internationally recognized faces like Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz and Olivia Colman, he has garnered a considerable reputation for his black humor, exaggerated premises, “quirky” characters and reflections on dynamics of power. He also received critical acclaim for this work. And yet, perhaps besides Dogtooth, Lanthimos’ earlier work is much less known and accessible. Moreover, there seems to be a considerable number of viewers who see his style of filmmaking – full of absurdism, deadpan and physicality – as scattered, misguided and boring at best, and empty, nihilistic and pretentious at worst. In opposition to these views, this podcast will argue that Lanthimos’ stylistic choices are meaningful as they reflect an approach to the study of power that is non-psychological, in order to put emphasis on the mechanistic nature of the relations of authority, control and obedience in contemporary Western society. 

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