Bugonia

Have you seen it? If not, I highly recommend it. Yorgos Lanthimos is incredible in creating surreal yet very human stories. The acting is on-point and the cinematography and editing is sublime, with a touch of camp gore.

Questions I have related to this movie (many spoilers below):

What role have your personal experiences had in changing your understanding of our everyday consensus reality?

Can beings outside of our human experience rule us fairly?

Can we have true empathy for those we don’t understand?

Have we been exploited into participating in corporate speak and punishing work hours (among many other things) by a consciousness outside of human experience?

What might the role of the cop who molested Teddy have in the overall story arc?

Was there any truth in Michelle’s exposition speech to Teddy about human origins?

What did you think of her framing Teddy’s actions toward his mother as willful murder when she tricked him by selling it as a cure?

Does any sympathy for Teddy’s mission change for you when it’s revealed that he is a serial killer?

Would Teddy have been able to board the ship if he had not had explosives strapped to him?

Is the human awakening to the truth the end of their rule, and our usefulness?