‘It’s Dangerous to [Discuss That]’: Poor Things Director Addresses the Film’s Feminist Themes

Academy Award-nominated Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos thinks that the Emma Stone-starring Poor Things conveys different things, on top of its feminist message.Poor Things follows a young woman named Bella Baxter (Emma Stone) on her journey to discover herself and explore life. The modern Frankenstein-inspired gothic film is based on the novel Poor Things by Alasdair Gray, and received the second-most nominations at the upcoming 2024 Academy Awards, with 11 nods, including Best Film, Best Director, and Best Female Actor. Widely praised for its feminist take regarding Bella Baxter and the men in her life, director Lanthimos shared to Variety that he feels “confident about the script” and that “it conveys a lot of things.”The Academy Award-nominated director continued, “And I actually think it’s dangerous to go too much into those conversations because things start becoming a little too one-dimensional. Like there’s only this aspect of this film, and this is what we’re thinking this is, what we’re trying to do. I try to make films more open than that.”

Academy Award-nominated Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos thinks that the Emma Stone-starring Poor Things conveys different things, on top of its feminist message.

Poor Things follows a young woman named Bella Baxter (Emma Stone) on her journey to discover herself and explore life. The modern Frankenstein-inspired gothic film is based on the novel Poor Things by Alasdair Gray, and received the second-most nominations at the upcoming 2024 Academy Awards, with 11 nods, including Best Film, Best Director, and Best Female Actor. Widely praised for its feminist take regarding Bella Baxter and the men in her life, director Lanthimos shared to Variety that he feels “confident about the script” and that “it conveys a lot of things.”

The Academy Award-nominated director continued, “And I actually think it’s dangerous to go too much into those conversations because things start becoming a little too one-dimensional. Like there’s only this aspect of this film, and this is what we’re thinking this is, what we’re trying to do. I try to make films more open than that.”

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