#bugonia

#bugonia

Halkias doesn't know why he, of all people, was cast in Bugonia, but he's aware that his presence offers some semiotic weight to the film's exploration of lost men who fall down the rabbit hole of dark online subcultures and conspiracy. In the film, Jesse Plemons plays Teddy, a young man whose life was ruined by capitalism and the pharmaceutical industry and who turns to YouTube with his questions; in real life, Halkias makes his living trying to offer such guys answers.

Attendees were required to arrive bald or be willing to shave their heads before entering the theater. And honestly, I can't blame them for taking the deal. A free movie and a free haircut? In this economy!? You have to take advantage. Guests with hair still on their heads were ushered to the red carpet, wrapped in a Bugonia-branded cape, and had their hair shaved off on camera. Some proudly held signs reading "BALD FOR BUGONIA." You love to see the bald solidarity!

I don't know about looking down on us, but one of my favourite people who has ever lived is Carl Sagan and I fell madly in love with his philosophy and science and how brilliant he is, the Oscar winner said. He very deeply believed [that] the idea that we're alone in this vast expansive universe not that we're being watched is a pretty narcissistic thing. So, yes, I'm coming out and saying it: I believe in aliens.