SG Open Air Cinema #3: Poor Things
The first four weeks of this semester, you can enjoy the best movies on the big screen on our green campus. In the black-comedy Poor Things, Bella Baxter (Emma Stone) frees herself from the confines of her creators and fights for her liberation.
Genre: Science Fiction, Gothic, Black Comedy
Film Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
Starring: Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe
Language: English – Subtitles: English
Time: 20:30-22:50 hrs. Free entrance (no registration required).
“I am finding being alive fascinating.”
In Victorian London, an unconventional scientist brings back a woman to life through a transplant of her unborn child’s brain. Under his protection, Bella is eager to learn. With her intelligence developing, she seeks experience, freedom, and adventures. Free from the societal norms of her times, she is determined to fight for equality.
Based on the 1992 novel by Alasdair Gray, the film was most inspired by Francis Ford Coppola’s Bram Stoker’s Dracula. It is considered Lanthimos’ best film to date, despite his earlier successes with The Favourite, The Killing of a Sacred Deer, and The Lobster. Poor Things is a visual, design-rich visual experience that leaves no one indifferent.
Reception
After premiering at the 80th Venice International Film Festival, the film quickly gained widespread acclaim. Named one of the top ten films of 2023 by the American Film Institute, the film went on to receive dozens of accolades. At the 96th Academy Awards, it received 4 wins out of 11 nominations, most notably the Best Actress award for Emma Stone (her career second).
“A delicious, unpredictable mix of horror, science-fiction, romance, comedy and sex that is set in a world of exhilarating, Wes Anderson-style visual delights.”
-Houston Chronicle
“Absolutely batshit, utterly filthy and a true original: Poor Things is as good as Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone have ever been.”
-Empire Magazine
SG Open Air Cinema
- August 28: Mamma Mia!
- September 4: Nope
- September 11: Poor Things
- September 18: Inglourious Basterds
More information
Bring a blanket or cushion plus something to drink, and we will provide the film. There will also be folding chairs available (first come, first served). In case of rain, the film will be shown indoors on campus (only bottled water is allowed inside). Check this website before the film for the up-to-date information.
SG Open Air Cinema is organized by Studium Generale.
