This article contains major spoilers for A24’s Men.
When it comes to interrogating the meanings and possible subtexts of Men, the new and formidable surrealist horror film from Alex Garland, the filmmaker is unusually circumspect. As a storyteller who appears always as erudite as the films he’s written—which include 28 Days Later, Never Let Me Go, and his previous directorial efforts of Ex Machina and Annihilation—Garland is again thoughtful while discussing Men ahead of release. But perhaps more so than any of his previous projects, he also feels a need to be ambiguous about a movie that shockingly ends with the sight of Rory Kinnear birthing himself. Repeatedly.
“It all gets a bit psychoanalytical if I talk about it too much,” Garland said during a press conference following a screening Den of Geek attended. “I think it might get in the way.” He eventually went on to add,...
When it comes to interrogating the meanings and possible subtexts of Men, the new and formidable surrealist horror film from Alex Garland, the filmmaker is unusually circumspect. As a storyteller who appears always as erudite as the films he’s written—which include 28 Days Later, Never Let Me Go, and his previous directorial efforts of Ex Machina and Annihilation—Garland is again thoughtful while discussing Men ahead of release. But perhaps more so than any of his previous projects, he also feels a need to be ambiguous about a movie that shockingly ends with the sight of Rory Kinnear birthing himself. Repeatedly.
“It all gets a bit psychoanalytical if I talk about it too much,” Garland said during a press conference following a screening Den of Geek attended. “I think it might get in the way.” He eventually went on to add,...
- 5/21/2022
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
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