A Director Who Redefined the Weird
In this Vanity Fair video, Yorgos Lanthimos revisits each film and reveals the connective tissue holding them together: emotional violence, absurd logic, and characters pushed beyond the moral edges of society.
Hearing Lanthimos Explain Lanthimos
It’s strangely soothing watching him calmly explain scenes that traumatized half the audience. He speaks with precision, almost tenderness.
He doesn’t sensationalize his work.
He clarifies it.
A Masterclass in Filmmaking Philosophy
Themes he returns to:
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disorientation
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power
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constructed emotional worlds
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the elasticity of human behavior
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the comedy hidden inside cruelty
This is cinema as controlled madness.
Why This Video Is a Gift
Lanthimos rarely gives long, reflective interviews. Seeing him analyze himself is like being handed the director’s commentary no one thought we’d ever get.
