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The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)
An amazing film, however propably not for everyone
I always love a movie that afterwards keeps you hooked. It is a film for certain viewers and it is true that it will be rejected by the general audience. I however found it terrific (in the good way).
Lanthimos once again creates a strange universe of strange people and relations. It does slightly resembles reality, yet in a weird way, i cant explain it in words. It is a movie that will make you question a lot of things, ideas, your attitude against logic etc. It actually brings up a lot of questions in a very twisted and absurd way.
The acting is in the same lines as in the Lobster however it is not just words spoken in very catatonic manner. All actors do it justice in my opinion.
Going back to the film as a whole, it is definetely worth watching. Yes, it is dark. Yes, it is propably way too weird for the majority, and yes it has some way too dark humor at points for most. However i never found it THAT much as it is portraid. You escape reality, you watch a world that resembles it, yet things you would find obvious, logical after some thought, feel like not even an option in this movie.
The camera work is also unbelievable, classic wide lanthimos kind of shots which create a surreal atmosphere accompanied by intriguing music.
Some might say i go too far, but for me is one great film that scores really high on my "ranking", a film one should not miss. I believe you can appreciate it at some level afterwards, even if you find it disturbing ehilst watching it.
I would advise you to read a bit about the myth of Iphigenia beforehand. Do not try to make too many associations though, i dont believe you are gonna find any pleasure or point in that.