8/10
A late screening of Alps interrupted the Ozu binge briefly.
Gyorgos Lanthimos broke out in a big way with the sensational Dogtooth, and Alps is the follow up. Like Dogtooth, it seems to exist in a world that is just a small twist away from reality - pure surrealism, indeed. It bares quite a few similarities to its predecessor (maybe too many?) - awkward dance sequences, sudden explosions of man-on-woman violence, unusual use of pop music, male domination, childlike women playing make-believe...and so on. It's still an excellent, exciting movie, although it does pale some in the shadow of Dogtooth. Regardless, I'm going to keep watching Lanthimos' movies if they keep being in this truly bizarre vein.
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