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Morpheus
PuppetShowofa
PathogenicFamily
ByKwakHyun-jeong
StaffReporterofTheory&CritiqueSection
A
ll human beings are born as ascribed members of society, bound to their social
affiliations. The basic societal unit, family nurtures normalized individuals who
conform to modern societal and behavioral norms. On the contrary, imagine an
unorthodoxhouseholdthatnon-conformsandattemptstoconfinetheirgrownchildrenwithin
afencedperimeter.Thesesubjectswouldhavetoexistinthedomainofmendacity,theirself-
ⓒGoogle
consciousnessandself-distinctiontakingplaceonlyinanypossiblelogicofdiscordance.
This is a masterful portrayal of the Greek film Dogtooth that encapsulates inquiries of
whetherwehavebeenactors(ornot)onthestageoflifesubscribingtoconformistbehavioral
patterns.TheArgusentertainstheideathatweneedintellectualcouragetoinvestinagiven
position in this social construction called reality, to escape from the doctrine of community
custody. In response, The Argus explores the cinematic universe of the movie through the
Lacanian theory, looking into the lifelong process of inheriting and disseminating norms,
customs,andideologies.
ⓒGoogle
Dogtooth
2009·Drama/Thriller·1h37m
Director YorgosLanthimos
RottenTomatoes 92%
Synopsis
WARNING:Thecontentsofthisfilmaredisturbing.Viewerdiscretionisadvised.
Nobodyisallowedtoinfiltratethecloisteredlifeofoneunnamedfamily;runbyaprotection
mechanismofextremeobediencecreatedbyadominantpaternal.Thishumanlaboratorycan
onlybecollapsedwhenone’s“Dogtooth,”thecanines,fallsout.Theparentsdonotcarehow
agedtheirchildrenare,wholooktobeintheir20’s,redefiningtheconditionsofmaturitywith
family standards. The siblings-beyond the designation of elder daughter, son and younger
daughter-are taught with fallacious explanations for natural phenomena. However, the elder
daughterrebelsbyriskingDIY-dentistryandrunsoutofthegateway.Unfortunately,shehides
inthecartrunk,tiedwithfather’sdoctrinethatedicts:“toleavethehouseinsafetyoneshould
usethecarandthatonecanlearntodrivewhenthedogtoothgrowsback.”
13
MAY 2019
PuppetShowofa
PathogenicFamily
ByKwakHyun-jeong
StaffReporterofTheory&CritiqueSection
A
ll human beings are born as ascribed members of society, bound to their social
affiliations. The basic societal unit, family nurtures normalized individuals who
conform to modern societal and behavioral norms. On the contrary, imagine an
unorthodoxhouseholdthatnon-conformsandattemptstoconfinetheirgrownchildrenwithin
afencedperimeter.Thesesubjectswouldhavetoexistinthedomainofmendacity,theirself-
ⓒGoogle
consciousnessandself-distinctiontakingplaceonlyinanypossiblelogicofdiscordance.
This is a masterful portrayal of the Greek film Dogtooth that encapsulates inquiries of
whetherwehavebeenactors(ornot)onthestageoflifesubscribingtoconformistbehavioral
patterns.TheArgusentertainstheideathatweneedintellectualcouragetoinvestinagiven
position in this social construction called reality, to escape from the doctrine of community
custody. In response, The Argus explores the cinematic universe of the movie through the
Lacanian theory, looking into the lifelong process of inheriting and disseminating norms,
customs,andideologies.
ⓒGoogle
Dogtooth
2009·Drama/Thriller·1h37m
Director YorgosLanthimos
RottenTomatoes 92%
Synopsis
WARNING:Thecontentsofthisfilmaredisturbing.Viewerdiscretionisadvised.
Nobodyisallowedtoinfiltratethecloisteredlifeofoneunnamedfamily;runbyaprotection
mechanismofextremeobediencecreatedbyadominantpaternal.Thishumanlaboratorycan
onlybecollapsedwhenone’s“Dogtooth,”thecanines,fallsout.Theparentsdonotcarehow
agedtheirchildrenare,wholooktobeintheir20’s,redefiningtheconditionsofmaturitywith
family standards. The siblings-beyond the designation of elder daughter, son and younger
daughter-are taught with fallacious explanations for natural phenomena. However, the elder
daughterrebelsbyriskingDIY-dentistryandrunsoutofthegateway.Unfortunately,shehides
inthecartrunk,tiedwithfather’sdoctrinethatedicts:“toleavethehouseinsafetyoneshould
usethecarandthatonecanlearntodrivewhenthedogtoothgrowsback.”
13
MAY 2019
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