Why Bugonia Is Terrifyingly Brilliant | Symbolism & Ending Breakdown

Go to http://uncommongoods.com/thetake for 15% off your next gift! || Bugonia, the new Oscar contender from director Yorgos Lanthimos starring Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons, is simultaneously out of this world and very of our world. Effortlessly shifting between hilarious and horrifying, the film constantly keeps you guessing, and uses its zany story to raise some complex questions around our place in the world (and the cosmos) and if we can really save each other or even ourselves. So what is Bugonia (and that wild ending) really trying to tell us? (If you’ve already seen the film, make sure to let us know what you thought about it in the comments!)

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CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
00:36 Bugonia Explained
00:45 Teddy's conspiracy
02:10 Michelle's two sides
03:39 Bugonia's symbolism explained
03:48 What bugonia actually means
04:41 What the bees represent
06:57 Why aliens?
07:25 The importance of hair
08:17 The symbolism of physical spaces
08:48 Bugonia ending explained
09:08 Don's dilemma
10:16 Was Teddy right about the Andromedans?
10:49 Is the ending really bleak?
11:27 Is Bugonia worth watching?

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