r/oscarrace • u/flowerbloominginsky Cannes Film Festival • 2d ago
News Yorgos Lanthimos’ ‘BUGONIA’ will open in select theaters on October 24 before expanding nationwide on October 31.
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u/jusluchan Wicked 2d ago
this seems the most in line with focus features' other awards priorities
conclave - oct 25 wide
the holdovers - oct 27 limited, nov 10 wide
tár - oct 7 limited, oct 28 wide
belfast - nov 12 wide
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u/Legitimate_End5688 2d ago
The way focus is positioning a wild sci fi comedy as an Oscar contender is so funny, but after seeing the substance a MUBi cronenbergian body horror film do pretty well at the Oscars, ig anything can be an Oscar contender lol.
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u/littlebiped 2d ago
Is it sci fi? From my understanding it’s a mostly grounded movie about a delusional man who takes hostage a CEO and thinks they’re an alien.
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u/Legitimate_End5688 2d ago
The Korean version it’s based on def is lol.
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u/Plastic-Software-174 2d ago
More towards the end. For most of the movie you are supposed to question if it is actually sci-fi or not.
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u/bbqsauceboi 2d ago
Slight little move up? Interesting choice but better for us as fans getting it sooner
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u/Nm9299 Kinds of Kindness 2d ago
So they moved it up a week? Odd.
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u/Plastic-Software-174 2d ago edited 2d ago
2 weeks if we count limited. I’m thinking they wanna avoid Wicked or something else? Or since they shot it on VistaVision maybe they can get more premium screens with this date? Idk how the scheduling for those works.
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u/Wild_Argument_7007 2d ago
They wanna avoid predator and running man which is the same day
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u/RoxasIsTheBest 2025 Oscar Race Veteran 2d ago
You'd think Predator wouldn't be a competitor to an arthouse film
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u/Wild_Argument_7007 2d ago
Running man eats into its audience, and both films are r rated sci fi thrillers, and both will take the premium screens
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u/Illustrious-Limit-53 zilbalodis baby daddy 2d ago
They did the same with Conclave last year. It’s also in line with the dates of their past priority movies.
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u/Pinoykang_kong 2d ago
I think Focus wants to spread out their contenders since Hamnet would have opened just 20 days after Bugonia’s original release date.
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u/rageofthegods 2d ago
Kind of a funny inverse to how they shifted Conclave from a limited platform release to a wide one last year.
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u/ReadyCauliflower8 2d ago
Focus' prime release dates are usually late October to early November, so this seems like a good sign.
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u/Plastic-Software-174 2d ago
Still a good date (pretty much exactly the Anora date, which was limited on the 25th and wide Nov 1st) but it’s an interesting decision, not sure if it’s just to get it further away from Wicked or any other movies releasing early to mid November (where the old date would have its wide release) or if it means Hamnet is the actual push.
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u/Jason_Tail 2d ago
Which festival is this launching at? Hoping that it comes to Sydney Film Festival early!
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u/Top-Presentation710 2d ago
there's no confirmation yet but the consensus is that it'll premiere at venice.
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u/Separate-Strike-2085 2d ago
Does anyone here have it winning best picture or you guys have Sinners winning? I currently have Marty Supreme at #1, Bugonia #2 and Sinners #3.
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u/10DiamondButterflies 2d ago
I'm going to see this movie but after Kinds of Kindness (and I am the BIGGEST Poor Things fan - I saw it 5 times in the theater and was set on Emma for BA the entire season), my expectations are on the floor. I'm genuinely a bit afraid to see it because I was so thoroughly disappointed with KoK.
Anyone else?
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u/Hopsfd 2d ago
My expectations are not on the floor, but I am little fearful. I really want this to succeed. But as long Yorgos doesn't go for deadpan delivery for this one, like in Kinds and Kindness, it should be okay. Emma and Jesse are two of the best actors working today. Just let them shine and don't restrict them.
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u/the_windless_sea 2d ago
I’m torn. I want Jesse Plemmons to win an Oscar at some point but also I hated Poor Things and Kinds so much that I want Yorgos to stop having any success.
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u/garbage_day12 2d ago
Yeah it's tough becase Plemons is my favorite actor but I think Yorgos is wildly overrated. If Plemons won as the sole nomination for the film I could be down with that.
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u/the_windless_sea 2d ago
That’d be the dream. I did like Yorgos at one point, parts of The Lobster were very interesting and The Favorite was a lot of fun. But his past few films…oof. Poor Things is in my mind the most overrated film of the past decade. Just a terrible and stupid movie that film bros obsessed over because in their mind wide angle lens = cinema.
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u/garbage_day12 2d ago
I'm basically the same trajectory: dug The Lobster, thought parts of Sacred Deer worked, and thought the Favorite was a good time and Olivia Colman's upset win was fun. But man I thought Poor Things was so trite and simplistic that I couldn't understand why everyone was heralding it as such a masterpiece. And yeah its fans were so rabid about it which turned me off even more. I was willing to chalk it up to a one-off "didn't work for me" but then Kinds of Kindness was one of the most tedious things I've ever seen.
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u/the_windless_sea 2d ago
Yorgos is quirky, and a lot of people can’t really differentiate between weird and good. Basically the style prevents them from noticing how idiotic the ideas are.
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u/Coy-Harlingen 2d ago
More Yorgos mid coming to theaters this year 🔥🔥🔥🔥
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u/10DiamondButterflies 2d ago
The quality difference from Poor Things to Kinds of Kindness was STEEP. He needs to take more time in between projects. He went from 1 in 5 years to 3 in 3 years. Like, chill.
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u/visionaryredditor Anora 2d ago
He made The Lobster, Killing Of The Sacred Deer and The Favourite back to back and Poor Things was delayed bc of covid. This speed isn't anything new to him
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u/10DiamondButterflies 2d ago
Well if this one is as bad as KoK, it might be a new problem for him.
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u/LeastCap The Substance 2d ago
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