This weekend is the event that everyone all over the world who loves cinema anticipates!!!!The Oscars!!!!
every year with my friends we hold a special Oscar night where we watch the ceremony without knowing the results, and we say who should win and why. Every year there are a lot of discussions and argues about the results in almost all the categories.....
Not this year....this year in one category I am sure that we all will be of the same opinion. In the category of the foreign language film, we all wish and hope that the Greek nomination will get the Oscar.
After almost 35 years since a Greek film had been nominated for an Oscar, I think that this film "Dogtooth" has really good chances to bring an Oscar back here.Although I watched it last year, it did such an impression to me that I still remember everything so well.
It is a story about a family, mother- father & three children, who live in a suburb of Athens. The house is in a remote place and it is surrounded by a tall fence that prohibits its inhabitants to see what there is outside of it. The parents are the only ones that the children can get in contact with, their only influence.For me it is really a simple story, like the story of Tarzan or the story of Mowgli in The Jungle Book. At first we are what our environment wants us to be, but the human instinct will eventually drive us to see what is "behind the fence".
"Dogtooth" is a complete work of art, directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, that gives us some unexpected and different point of view on the family dynamics. The actors are hurtfully good in their roles with a simple and plain way of acting. The scenery has a '70s sense and it is really artistic and stylish. This is a dark movie, however has many funny and comic scenes, which give a nice balance to it.
I think that if you see this movie either you will love it (as me) or you will hate it....there is no middle, and it is not possible to be indifferent abo
ut it, and this is the fact that makes this movie great: either way you will remember it, and for sure when you leave the theatre you will have a topic to discuss it.
So... please write in the comment section, what do you think about this movie. I am really intersted to read your thoughts. Especially if you do not live in Greece, even if you havent' seen the movie, just from the trailer, tell me what impression it made to you.ut it, and this is the fact that makes this movie great: either way you will remember it, and for sure when you leave the theatre you will have a topic to discuss it.
