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- Type
- Film
- Status
- Released
- Release
- October 20, 2017 (6 years ago)
- Language
- English
- Origin
- Ireland · United Kingdom
- Genres
- Arthouse Horror · Psychological horror
- Runtime
- 2h 01m
Colin FarrellSteven Murphy
Nicole KidmanAnna Murphy
Barry KeoghanMartin Lang
Raffey CassidyKim Murphy
Bill CampMatthew Williams
Sunny SuljicBob Murphy
Alicia SilverstoneMartin's Mother
Herb CaillouetEd Thompson (Hospital Director)
Barry G. BernsonDr. Larry Banks
Denise Dal VeraMary Williams
Ming WangDoctor (Abdominal)
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Maybe the second or third shot in Yorgos Lanthimos‘ “The Killing of a Sacred Deer” is of a hospital waste bin, over which Colin Farrell, as heart surgeon Steven Murphy, peels off his bloodied latex gloves post-surgery. Now, if you hold simultaneously in your head the established ideas of the surgeon-as-God and the director-as-God, then […]
With the successive features Dogtooth, Alps, and The Lobster, Yorgos Lanthimos seemed to be going down the same route as Wes Anderson, i.e. become one of those auteurs who refines rather than expands on his idiosyncrasies, making largely interchangeable films on an ever grander scale but with diminishing returns. In this regard, The Killing of
With uniformly great performances throughout the cast and Lanthimos’ stunning eye for detail and composition, this is one of the most unforgettable films of the year.
When Anna (Nicole Kidman) turns to her husband, Steven (Colin Farrell), and asks, â?oGeneral anaesthetic?â?? sheâ?Ts not making small talk about the operations he carried out that day as a heart surgeon. She is inquiring after his favourite sex game, the one in which she lies comatose, her head hanging over the edge of the bed, the tendons in her neck standing out like guy ropes.
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The Killing of aSacred Deer, director Yorgos Lanthimos’ follow-up to his weirdly compellingThe Lobster, draws on Greek mythologyfor its title and its central conceit, a sort-of modern-day Sophie’s Choice. The film exists deep ina metaphorical ...
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