More than just a remake
Director Lanthimos poses a question: Who is crazy here? The CEO exploiting the planet, or the conspiracy theorist trying to stop her?
The South Korean film "Save the Green Planet!" from 2003 served as the basis for Bugonia, which tells the story with a lot of body horror and slapstick.
The film can currently be seen on Amazon Prime, but in terrible picture quality with interlacing artifacts.
Those who don't want the climax of the story spoiled should rather go to the cinema and watch the original afterwards for comparison.
Lanthimos dampens slapstick and splatter, focusing instead on the political discourse.
Instead of scraping the skin off the prisoner and penetrating her with steel dildos, he focuses on Teddy's motives in the fight against big capital and rips the mask off his bosses.
Author's summary: Lanthimos remake focuses on political discourse.
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