TIFF ‘09: Dogtooth revisited with a new trailer
One of the more interesting curiosities to come out of Cannes this year was the Un Certain Regard winner Dogtooth. At the time I could only find the trailer and one review of it by Spout’s Karina Longworth, but it left me intrigued.
This is the Greek film with the parents who have kept their children locked up in their secure compound of a home with no contact with the outside world as a sort of disturbing lab experiment.
With the film now hitting North American shores, Toronto to be exact, Twitch has a new (more safe for work) trailer and Kim Voynar over at Movie City News has another positive review. Check out both after the jump and stay tuned for more of the weirdness that is Dogtooth because the monkeys and I are a little obsessed.
Kim Voynar, Movie City News:
Dogtooth, the searing tale of suburban satire, familial horror, and political subversion that won the Un Certain Regard category at this years Cannes Film Festival, puts an extraordinary spin on the idea of twisted families. It’s brilliant in equal parts because the director, Yorgos Lanthimos, immerses us so completely in the crazy world he’s created and in part because the entire cast gives themselves so fully to their parts that we can’t help but believe them.
Dogtooth is relentlessly stomach-churning, horrific, shockingly funny and subversive all at the same time, and more than that, it’s a remarkably original piece of filmmaking with some astonishing direction, both in terms of the acting (raw, honest and utterly superb) and how particular shots are framed and set up (when you see the film for yourself, see if you can spot the exact moment in the film when the camera actually moves for the first time … it’s this kind of attention to detail that sets a film like this apart).
I don’t think this one has any kind of a US distributor as of yet, but keep an eye out for it at a film festival near you.
Filed under: Film Festivals, Marketing, Trailers
Tags: Dogtooth, TIFF 2009, Toronto International Film Festival, Yorgos Lanthimos
