‘Poor Things’ editor Yorgos Mavropsaridis constructs a world for the viewer

Yorgos Mavropsaridis celebrated his nomination at this year's Oscars alongside his two daughters, who joined him on his journey to Los Angeles: 24-year-old Ilektra, a musician, and 27-year-old Penelope, a director. Perhaps this was his greatest joy.

He did not win the Oscar for film editing in Yorgos Lanthimos' "Poor Things" (the prize went to Jennifer Lame for her work on Christopher Nolan's "Oppenheimer"), but Mavropsaridis is already one step ahead. He has completed the editing for Lanthimos' next film, "Kinds of Kindness," co-written by Efthimis Filippou, featuring three stories with the same actors in different roles and a common character. Filming for the movie, which stars Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe and Jesse Plemons, took place in New Orleans, while the editing was carried out in Athens.

"Another film?" I inquire, attempting to spark the conversation. But even...