Why DOGTOOTH so Disturbing? (MOVIE REVIEW)

Foreign Friday Movie Review: Dogtooth 2009 (Greece)
TIMESTAMPS | CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
05:46 Family + Language
08:44 Lacan + Dogtooth
15: 17 The Myth of The Missing Brother
18:04 Family +Hierarchy
22:36 Breaking Away From the Family
27:45 Breaking Point
31:38 Death of the Nuclear Family
#dogtooth #mubi #mubireview
Reviewing and Discussing the Movie Dogtooth a psychological drama film directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. Written by Lanthimos and Efthymis Filippou, the film is about a husband and wife (Christos Stergioglou and Michelle Valley) who keep their children (Angeliki Papoulia, Mary Tsoni and Christos Passalis) ignorant of the world outside their property well into adulthood.
Dogtooth is Lanthimos's second feature film. It won the Prix Un Certain Regard at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards.

[@jimis3167]

One of my favourite movies.

[@alwayswatching2295]

It’s very well done 😊 I also love lobster 🦞

[@TheRichardchaney]

Great review. I watched a couple of videos with the Lacan and the Allegory of the Cave, or Plato's Cave's interpretations. Probably my limited understanding but I found them unsatisfying. The unusual framing of some shots, cutting off heads etc., was unsettling but might also be a reflection of the father's home videos which were worse. It might also be a subversion of the 'language' of film. I don't usually shy away from gore but I had to turn my head when Bruce takes out her dog-tooth. I read that the name Bruce might be an inside joke. It was the name the crew gave to the mechanical shark in Jaws.

[@alwayswatching2295]

Hi Richard 😊 the fathers home videos in connection to how the film is shot I think is a subversion of the language of film . Dogtooth itself was totally visionary people didn’t know if it was supposed to be a satire or comedy . In terms of Bruce i thought it was from rocky for some reason but I think you’re right in saying it’s from jaws . Also there were two movies she watched one we jaws I think the other was rocky or flash dance

[@chelseagalloway6913]

Yorgos Lathamos is my favorite film producer.

[@alwayswatching2295]

Hi Chelsea 😊 I’m obsessed with lobster he makes such unique films

[@autumn77]

Dogtooth is not interesting. It’s boring. One of the most boring scenes is when those grown adult children are forced to learn new words. Also, I hate the ending. Why did it take so long? 😩 Anyway. Great review! I only watched Dogtooth because I “sort of” enjoyed watching The Lobster, The Killing of a Sacred Deer, and The Favourite.

[@alwayswatching2295]

Hi autumn 😊 I appreciate your brutal honesty . I think bec I thought something crazy was going to happen I wasn’t sure what to make of the film when I sat down to watch it . It’s more tame then I expected . Lobster I love but his films have these great ideas the execution is definitely up for debate . For sure you will like my next pick I think 4 months 3 weeks and 2 days

[@rika7625]

This movie sounds like a horror film.

[@alwayswatching2295]

It is Rika 😊