The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)

Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos · Cinematography by Thimios Bakatakis

R121 min58 frames

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What is The Killing of a Sacred Deer about?

Dr. Steven Murphy is a renowned cardiovascular surgeon who presides over a spotless household with his wife and two children. Lurking at the margins of his idyllic suburban existence is Martin, a fatherless teen who insinuates himself into the doctor's life in gradually unsettling ways.

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What does the cinematography of The Killing of a Sacred Deer look like?

Sampled across 58 frames, the coverage of The Killing of a Sacred Deer leans on wide compositions (47% of the sample) and medium shots (26%). Cinematographer Thimios Bakatakis keeps 40% of it in soft, naturalistic light. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Deep focus keeps foreground and background readable at once in 55% of the frames.

What is the color palette of The Killing of a Sacred Deer?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017) are #303030, #f1f0ee, #101415, #515552, #d5d2cd, #d1c5b4 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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