Yorgos Lanthimos' new photobook, 'i shall sing these songs beautifully', intertwines the dark tone of noir fiction with the mundane atmosphere of suburbia. The book, containing analogue photographs taken from the set of 'Kinds of Kindness' (2024), presents fragmented, surreal images featuring stars like Emma Stone and Willem Dafoe. Each photograph, while seemingly incidental, reflects deep intentionality and evokes uncanny emotions. The accompanying texts by Lanthimos echo Sappho's poetic style, offering insights into themes of beauty, longing, and the allure of darkness in our lives, paralleling Sappho’s own fragmented work.
The eerie atmosphere of noir fiction meets the unsettling mundanity of suburbia in Yorgos Lanthimos' new photobook.
The photographs are filled with ambiguity and surreal tension, capturing fleeting and sometimes disquieting compositions of the film's stars.
Like Sappho's poetry, each of Lanthimos' photographs is just a fragment of a larger story, inviting viewers to find beauty in darkness.
The book includes new texts by Lanthimos, mirroring the fragmented lyricism of Sappho, known for her meditations on love, longing, and beauty.
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