One review on 10 May 2025

UK 2023

Running time: 141 mins

Poor Things

Director : Yorgos Lanthimos 

synopsis extract: Set in a steam-punk faux victorian fantasy world where a scientist manages to reanimate a girl by transplanting a baby's mind into a dead body. ...

Cast:

  • Emma Stone  Bella the girl
  • Willem Dafoe  Dr Baxter

Aspect Ratio: 1.66 widescreen

Colour: Colour and B&W

Sound: Stereo

Camera: 35mm

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The 2020s
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First Seen: Sat 10th May 2025
Catalogued: 15th Jun 2025

Synopsis

Set in a steam-punk faux victorian fantasy world where a scientist manages to reanimate a girl by transplanting a baby's mind into a dead body. She develops rapidly and sees the scientist as god and then escapes into the world as a naive and innocent and discovers repression subjugation and her sexuality.

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by rogerco on Sat 10th May 2025 DVD proj @ home (Subtitled)

Surreal masterpiece

Full review

Starts in b&w and then when she 'escapes' bursts into colour with a steam-punk aesthetic. As she moves through the world carving her own way and overthrowing conventions and social mores as she goes we come to realise that the poor things are the men (mostly) who are enchained by their roles. Hailed as femist masterpiece it is more of a humanist film.

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