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.
The Killing of a Sacred Deer is a 2017 absurdist psychological horror thriller film directed and co-produced by Yorgos Lanthimos, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Efthimis Filippou. It stars Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman, Barry Keoghan, Raffey Cassidy, Sunny Suljic, Alicia Silverstone, and Bill Camp. It follows a cardiac surgeon who introduces his family to a teenage boy with a connection to his past, after which they mysteriously begin to fall ill.
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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.
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