The best shaved feminine heads in cinema historical past are undoubtedly Renée Falconetti in “La Ardour de Jeanne d’Arc” and Sigourney Weaver in “Alien 3.” Between these two poles of follicle-free cinema lie a universe of filmmaking — and a brand new entry is about to enter its ranks: Yorgos Lanthimos‘s “Bugonia,” which simply launched its official trailer timed to its Venice debut (it had already proven footage at CinemaCon).
“Bugonia” stars the director’s now-repeat collaborator Emma Stone as a company CEO residing the life: energy fits, indoor swimming pools, Time and Forbes covers. The one annoyance in her life is ensuring she nails the little bit of company jargon she’s purported to make sound pure in a video shoot. Then she’s kidnapped, her head shaved by her abductors, and he or she’s instructed her hair “has been destroyed” to forestall her from utilizing it to contact her mothership.
Ah.
Jesse Plemons performs the abductor, a conspiracy theorist who fashions himself because the chief of the human resistance in opposition to what he believes is an alien takeover of Earth… and he thinks Stone’s CEO is an alien. So we’re guessing on the “shaved head cinema” spectrum, it will veer nearer to “Alien 3.”
“Bugonia” is a Venice premiere and is Stone’s fourth teaming with Lanthimos after “The Favorite,” “Poor Issues,” and “Sorts of Kindness.” It’s written by “The Menu” co-scribe Will Tracy, who additionally wrote for “Succession,” so anticipate some pointed satire certainly. And, it’s a remake of the 2003 South Korean film “Save the Inexperienced Planet!”
Producer Jerry Ko mentioned final yr, “We began out with the idea that the movie’s idea was forward of its time and that [maybe we] might make an indie film, however as we traveled round Hollywood, we realized that there have been many hidden followers of the unique movie,” mentioned Ko. “I occurred to be in L.A. and noticed Ari Aster moderating a screening of ‘Save the Inexperienced Planet!’ at a theater, so I reached out to him and requested him to be part of the manufacturing. So he got here on board as a producer. Then Will Tracy, a screenwriter of ‘Succession,’ got here on board and wrote the story. The thrill began to construct from then on.”
Focus Options will launch “Bugonia” in choose theaters on Friday, October 24 and broaden vast on Friday, October 31. Watch the trailer for “Bugonia” beneath.