Modern Prometheus: The Films of Yorgos Lanthimos
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- ISBN 9781419782916
- Dimensions: 229 x 276mm
- Publication Date: 10 Dec 2026
- Publisher: Abrams
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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A richly visual retrospective of Yorgos Lanthimos’s career, covering everything from his early experimental Greek short films to his award-winning features like The Lobster, The Favourite, and Poor Things
Written by Hannah Strong and designed in collaboration with renowned film magazine Little White Lies, this volume brings Lanthimos’s cinematic vision into focus. Through a compelling blend of archival material, photography, and in-depth interviews with key collaborators, The Modern Prometheus offers an intimate look at the filmmaker’s creative process.
The distinctive visuals, offbeat humor, and visceral interrogations of the human body and soul that define Lanthimos’s work are reflected in this 288-page coffee table book. With analytical precision and deep admiration, the book celebrates Lanthimos as a genre-defying director who continues to expand the possibilities of contemporary cinema.
In the years since his early forays into Greek theatre, Yorgos Lanthimos has cultivated a distinct cinematic look—darkly surreal, emotionally incisive, and completely original. The Modern Prometheus is en enlightening exploration of this vision, a richly detailed monograph that traces the director’s evolution from his experimental debut Kinetta to the Academy Award-winning Poor Things and beyond.
Hannah Strong is the digital editor at Little White Lies magazine and author of Modern Prometheus: The Films of Yorgos Lanthimos and Sofia Coppola: Forever Young. Her work has appeared in Vulture, GQ, The Guardian, and Dazed & Confused, and she regularly appears on television and radio as a film critic, largely for the BBC and ITV. Strong lives in London. Little White Lies is one of the world's preeminent film magazines, pairing a unique editorial angle with beautiful illustration and world-class design.
