I went to see Poor Thing last night by Yorgos Lanthimos and was blown away. I often wonder how people make art that is truly outside the box and boundary pushing. This film had all of that. As a filmmaker I would have been terrified that people wouldn’t like it, or think it was ugly. The lens choices, the framing choices, so much of it is wildly unorthodox and frankly incredibly jarring. I would never make those choices because I like making things that are pretty for the most part. Yet when you get to the end of the film, with the journey that its taken you on, you see all of the pieces stitched up into one beautiful whole. In this all the disparate odd parts make a lot more sense. The overall vision pulls it together and makes the thing much more palatable, and I would go as far as to say extraordinary. It is a wild swing for the fences and in that I have deep respect for that. It’s so hard to make something that will upset, polarize, and push the buttons of so many folks. But for those that love it they will go wild for it. I also just had to imagine the filming of so many of these scenes was an absolute romp. It’s wild, outlandish, over the top, and in your face. Highly recommend giving it a watch.