First of all, the movie is definitely a good example of an art film as I mentioned in the title. The film has a thought-provoking, mind-blowing structure. It certainly causes questions about the system. Of course we have seen films that question this contradictory system. Like Fight Club or American Beauty. But these movies give the messages directly to the audience. In Dogtooth, the audience has to make a good effort to understand criticism. Because in Dogtooth, a person who watches a movie in a normal way is hard to get messages and even does not understand. A person watching the film in this way can perceive the film as just a simple thriller and see that a father has raised his children with his deviant experiences. But by doing so, the director is actually questioning the authority and aims to show people the problems of accepting things imposed. So when you see that the characters in the film are similar to the dogs, it is absolutely wrong to perceive them as humor only. On the contrary, you can see this as a bad thing. Certainly a film that should be considered quite complex while watching. If we come to the cast in the movie, maybe it could be a big name for the Greek cinema. But there is never an artist around the world. Such a seemingly simple squad seems to have done an good job. I can also say there is no contrived scene. While watching the film, I can say that there are a lot of directors that I liked the style of director Yorgos Lanthimos. First of all, I can give you an example of Terrence Malick. Because there was a great visual throughout the movie. Terrence Malick's films are about complex visuals. Really it is not simple to achieve such a good visual. And the director used the camera quite well. I can say that you are quite relieved when you watch that wonderful visual. The other director I find close to the director's style is definitely Quentin Tarantino. Because the director has been very brave and really wants to give everything directly to the audience. If we give an example, nudity and blood come first. Every cinematographer knows that Quentin Tarantino uses the blood issue very well. This director did not overdo it when he was using blood, but he also gave blood at the appropriate level. And there's a nice silence in the movie. Too many directors use it. My mind came to Sergio Leone first. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, we saw in the beginning of the movie that no one made a sound for a long time. There was such a scene in Dogtooth. It's a pretty good movie for me. The film criticizes the rulings in a very good way. The film has received some bad reviews because of its courage. But this is a wrong idea for me because it is an art film and the director has the right to give everything. In addition, Dogtooth has the Oscar nomination for best foreign film in 2011. It's like a good show of the success of this film. And overall Dogtooth is not a masterpiece for me, but I can call it a pretty good example of an art film.
