The goal is to tell a story for people who don’t have that exact situation in their lives at all. I’m very inspired by people like the Hungarian director István Szábo. He did a film titled Father (1968) and a film titled Lovefilm (1970). I love those films, and I know nothing about growing up […]
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The Initial Idea for ‘The Lobster’Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaLisa Bonos/The Washington Post: How did you and your co-writer [Efthymis Filippou] get the idea for The Lobster? Yorgos Lanthimos: We make observations about the way we live and organize our lives — and structure our societies — so we wanted to do something about romantic relationships and how single people are treated within society. The pressure […] |
