How Yorgos Lanthimos Writes Dialogue

The Lobster, The Killing of a Sacred Deer, The Favourite, and now Poor Things - how does Yorgos Lanthimos do it?

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00:00 - intro
01:43 - some key writing features
03:37 - questions & answers
06:30 - but what's the purpose?
08:42 - working off instinct
10:26 - it's a folk tale