‘Men’ made its presentation with a disturbing trailer that evokes the danger of a woman being observed by men with bad intentions and paranoia inherent that accompanies mourning, the union of the names of Alex Garland, Jessie Buckley and A24 It already caused a sensation a few months ago, and now a launch is expected on May 20 in the United States and to be confirmed in Spain thanks to Vértice.
The Oscar-nominated actress plays Harper, a young widow who has rented an isolated holiday home in the English countryside after the death of her husband (Paapa Essiedu). However, the innkeeper (Rory Kinnear) warns Harper not to bite into the “forbidden fruit” on the property, and Harper can’t help but see her face in all the town’s residents. Despite its potentially metaphorical premise, according to Garland in Entertainment Weekly:
“Men” is a movie from the guts. I’m proud of “Ex Machina,” I really love it, but it’s an intellectual movie. This isn’t, I think. In my opinion, it’s connected to a movie like “Annihilation.” They have a lot to do with how you feel about something, More interested in images and sensations than ideas. The mystery of the plot is intentional, a large part of it is about how the viewer responds.”
“The movie is about giving 50 percent of something, which could be a breadcrumb, and the viewer is giving another 50 percent. If I can get that to be the answer, I’m amazed when it happens. People feel like, “Oh, I know what’s going to happen now. But if you can play around with it a little bit and keep them on their toes, that’s the plan, anyway.”
When they ask about if ‘Men’ is a horror movie and about the issues of toxic masculinity that he has played throughout his filmography, the director is clear:
“It’s a horror movie about a horror sensation, or a ghost story. Whether audience members feel it evokes #MeToo resonances about the pervasiveness of sexual harassment, that’s up to them. Gender dynamics come up a lot, from different ways, but I thought, ‘fuck it, I’m going to get straight to the point.’ Maybe with ‘Men’, instead of having those themes underneath, it comes across on the surface.”
“When I say ‘Men’ is a bit of an aggressive movie, I mean it speaks directly to the viewer. It’s a gentle movie at times, there’s a lot of goofy humor, but it’s also a bit of a delinquent. I’m in my early 50s and my main The problem with cinema tends to be boredom. In a way, I feel like I know where movies are going to go, I feel like I’ve seen this or that sequence of events unfold an incredible number of times. I hope to change that feeling a bit.”