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1992 Novel - 2024 Movie "Poor Things"

Poor Things is here with a wonderful adaptation by Alasdair Gray, one of the most important writers of Scottish literature.

The original novel was published in 1992, but we were able to read the translated text in 2009. The work made a splash all over the world in 1992 and became one of the most important stones in the history of literature.

Yorgos Lanthimos, the flagman of the Greek Weird Wave, has made a film that pushes the limits of imagination, in a sensational mind, after a five-year break.

Alongside strong names such as Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe and Emma Stone, Ramy Youssef, who gave the first film performance of his career, also has an important role in the story.

Screenwriter Tony McNamara, who also worked with Lantimos on The Favorite, has a wonderful spirit of collaboration that cannot go unnoticed. The director and screenwriter crowned Gray's novel with a timeless and multi-location study. So much so that we see the Lisbon, Athens and Paris we encounter in the movie in an absurd environment, somewhere between the present day and the mind of McNamara/Lantimos.

The costume designs, one of the most striking features of the film, were prepared by Holly Waddington and her team. The locations in the film are quite variable and utopian. It is one of the elements that frequently changes in the costumes used depending on the location change. "I was guessing that Yorgos said, 'I don't want this movie to look period or science fiction,'" Waddington says in an interview.

In support of this statement, Waddington put a personal signature on the film with the costumes he designed to serve the limbo situations in all these places and time transitions.

The name among the music that carries the word absurd in the movie is Jerskin Fendrix. Fendrix, who composed film music for the first time in his career, gave a performance that we are sure will have the best moments.

"Poor Things" is full of not only fantasy elements but also social criticism. In the film, where we watch the Frankenstein legend from Gray's pen and Lantimos' eyes, the visual aesthetics and atmosphere transport the audience to another plane of reality.

Fantasy elements, strong performances and deep story offer audiences an unforgettable experience.

We think that Poor Things, an extraordinary work that carries Lantimos' cinematic vision, has entered the list of period films of the future and we applaud this great effort.





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