Why Do Yorgos Lanthimos' Movies Feel So Weird?

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In The Lobster, director Yorgos Lanthimos constructs a bizarre and absurd world. In this video, I examine the unique way Lanthimos constructs the strange realities is creates in The Lobster, The Killing of A Sacred Deer, and his new short NIMIC. And how he uses those worlds for social commentary.

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THOMAS FLIGHT