Emma Stone’s Poor Things gets 10-minute standing ovation at Venice Film Festival, audience cheers for Yorgos Lanthimos

Emma Stone’s Poor Things obtained greater than a 10-minute standing ovation on the Venice Film Festival on Friday. Some is also seen cheering “Yorgos, Yorgos” for the movie’s Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos, as reported by Deadline.com. The movie is a hilarious science fantasy black comedy starring Emma Stone as a lady who’s introduced again from the lifeless by a mad scientist and goes on an odyssey of self-discovery and sexual liberation. Also learn: Poor Things to Maestro: 10 movies premiering on the 2023 Venice Film Festival that we won’t wait to observe

Poor Things at Venice Film Festival

According to AFP, Emma Stone could not attend the competition because of the ongoing actors strike in Hollywood, however director Yorgos Lanthimos mentioned she totally embraced the position. Talking about her efficiency, Yorgos mentioned, “The character has no shame and Emma had to have no shame about her body, nudity, engaging in those scenes. She understood that right away.”

He added that an intimacy coordinator proved very helpful through the filming. “In the beginning (they) felt a little threatening to most filmmakers but I think it’s like everything: if you work with a good person, it’s great and you realise you actually need them,” he mentioned.

Poor Things is amongst 23 motion pictures competing for the Golden Lion prize which is to be awarded on September 9 by a jury that features administrators Damien Chazelle, Jane Campion and final yr’s winner Laura Poitras. Yorgos Lanthimos just isn’t new to the competition. His 2018 movie The Favourite, additionally starring Emma Stone, received the Jury Prize on the competition and finest actress for Olivia Colman.

Only good opinions for Poor Things

The movie has obtained a 100% score on Rotten Tomatoes with solely good opinions coming from numerous movie critics who known as the movie a masterpiece. David Rooney of Hollywood Reporter mentioned in his overview: “Poor Things is an insanely enjoyable fairy tale that creates not just one, but multiple distinctive worlds — each of them a beguiling artwork — peopled by memorable characters fleshed out by a first-rate cast.”

Praising Emma, Peter Bradshaw of the Guardian wrote, “She takes it to the next career level, or the level beyond the next level.”