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Sympathy for the bedeviled: the likable conspiracy theorist of 'Bugonia'
Oscar-nominated screenwriter Will Tracy shaped Bugonia's protagonist Teddy as a complex figure with legitimate grievances, avoiding typical conspiracy theorist stereotypes.
- Bugonia is competing in the best adapted screenplay category after reworking a 2003 film and depicting scenes of kidnapping and darkly comic torture.
- Will Tracy reworked the 2003 source film while saying he 'tried not to be too faithful' and attracted director Yorgos Lanthimos after 18 months, during which he wrote the draft.
- Lanthimos guides performances that stretch and then reward audience sympathy, Tracy explained, aiming to preserve the film's ambiguity and make it a film people can interpret differently after leaving the theater.
- Jerskin Fendrix is nominated for best original score, and Emma Stone is a best actress nominee, following Yorgos Lanthimos's recent success with Poor Things.
- Amid 21st-century proliferation of conspiracy theorists, the screenplay shows Teddy 'has a point,' adding ambiguity and topical resonance, according to the writer.
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Sympathy for the bedeviled: the likable conspiracy theorist of 'Bugonia'
If there's one thing the 21st century has in spades, it's conspiracy theorists -- many of them angry, unhinged people hacking at their keyboards about grievances real and imagined.
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