“When the end is here the ALPS are near.” Concluding my trio of interviews with the folks from ALPS, we have acclaimed co-writer/director Yorgos Lanthimos who came off back-to-back prestige wins for Dogtooth (winner at Cannes Un Certain Regard section) and a Best Screenplay win in Venice. No stranger to TIFF (as he debuted his first solo effort with Kinetta) the Greek helmer treats us to a film about being in character, remaining in character and losing yourself to a character. In my audio sit-down with the helmer, we discussed his accidental involvement in theater work, his various aesthetic choices, the creation of his band of characters and his the difficulty of putting together a film when funding isn’t exactly in place.
"Ron and I wanted to make a film that looked at what it means to be an outsider and we wanted to explore what it takes to reach out to someone whose life is very removed from your own."
