About the Book
The Lobster screenplay book — overview
The Lobster Screenplay Book does more than print a script. It lets the film be read at the pace of its own logic: dry, formal, strangely tender, and governed by rules that are at once absurd and emotionally exact. What feels on screen like a sealed social system becomes, on the page, a structure of sentences, pauses, and controlled repetitions.
That shift matters with The Lobster. The film’s premise is famously severe — find a partner within forty-five days or be turned into an animal — yet its real force comes from tone: deadpan speech, bureaucratic cruelty, romantic hesitation, and a world in which intimacy is managed like policy. This edition expands that tone outward. Emma Stone’s poem, Ottessa Moshfegh’s essay, and Yorgos Lanthimos’s behind-the-scenes photographs make the book feel less like a transcript and more like a secondary chamber built around the film.
Edition details
- Imprint: A24 Screenplay Collection
- Available via: MACK
- Binding: Embossed hardcover
- Size: 20.3 × 28 cm
- Pages: 188
- Includes: poem by Emma Stone
- Also includes: essay by Ottessa Moshfegh
- Additional material: behind-the-scenes set photography by Yorgos Lanthimos
- ISBN: 978-1-735911-71-7
Mini-FAQ
- Is this The Lobster screenplay book by Yorgos Lanthimos? Yes — this is the screenplay edition for The Lobster in the A24 Screenplay Collection.
- Is this an A24 book? Yes — it is part of the A24 Screenplay Collection and is sold through MACK.
- What makes this more than a script? It includes Emma Stone’s poem, Ottessa Moshfegh’s essay, and behind-the-scenes photography by Lanthimos.
- Where can I buy The Lobster screenplay book? If this copy is in stock, you can purchase it directly from this product page.
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