Lanthinos tellsEntertainment Weeklywhen asked how he feels about making audiences uncomfortable.
“But I don’t think it’s just that.
So different people are going to react in different ways.
Emma Stone and Yorgos Lanthimos on the set of ‘Kinds of Kindness’.Atsushi Nishijima/Searchlight Pictures
“We very instinctively put these stories together,” explains the director.
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But like other shocking moments in his movies, Lanthimos says it all serves a greater purpose.
Jesse Plemons and Yorgos Lanthimos on the set of ‘Kinds of Kindness’.Atsushi Nishijima/Searchlight Pictures
“Itshouldserve as a specific narrative function,” he says.
“How that is defined is a much bigger conversation.
“I think many times it’s actually quite the opposite.
Margaret Qualley, Jesse Plemons and Willem Dafoe in ‘Kinds of Kindness’.Atsushi Nishijima/Searchlight Pictures
“I don’t really remember what the other ideas were,” Lanthimos says.
So we thought that it might be interesting to make a film that had more than one story.
So then we just started exchanging ideas, and we made a list of 10 very basic concepts.
Just because Lanthimos' memory is foggy doesn’t mean those ideas are lost forever.
In the meantime, the director already has another project lined up with Plemons and Stone, tentatively titledBugonia.
It’s great that we can call her Emily now, Lanthimos says, relieved.
“Everybody knows that her real name is Emily.
Finally, I’m free.”
“We just get each other really well,” Lanthimos says.
“We like spending time with each other.
We’re very good friends.
With one glance, we can tell each other what we need to do next without wasting any time.
That takes you a long way.”
