"Conspiracy theories run rampant, science denial is en vogue, and there is a vast media ecosystem filled with charlatans encouraging others to " do their own research" instead of believing well-educated experts. It can be hard to see anything funny about a world where it often feels like the capitalist powers that be are hell-bent on speedrunning society into a new dark age of anti-intellectualism."
"the new film shifts its details just enough to make it feel like Lanthimos and screenwriter Will Tracy have crafted a uniquely American tale about the dangerous allure of conspiracy theories. The feature shapeshifts with an impressive, Parasite-esque nimbleness that keeps each of its narrative modes - comedy, body horror, psychological thriller - in constant focus. Just when you think that Bugonia can't get any more grueling or heartbreaking, its story plunges into new depths of stomach-turning dread."
Bugonia is a remake of Jang Joon-hwan's Save the Green Planet!, directed by Yorgos Lanthimos and co-written with Will Tracy. The film relocates the story to a small American town affected by the opioid crisis, transforming the original into a distinctly American meditation on conspiracy culture and corporate dehumanization. The narrative follows fulfillment-center worker Teddy Gatz, who tends a backyard bee farm while laboring for a megacorporation and caring for his cousin Don. The film fluidly blends comedy, body horror, and psychological thriller modes, alternating bleak dread with savage humor. Lead performances are intense and the tonal shifts amplify both heartbreak and horror.
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