The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)

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Wikidata Q27492140, film, IMDb tt5715874, TMDB 399057: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only film by that title.

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Who talked about it

The Big Picture

Came from

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Led to

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No line says another film or person drew on it.

Connected to

Babygirl: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (theme): Babygirl → The Killing of a Sacred Deer. Both give Kidman characters with distinctive sexual habits.
    “This movie, and Baby Girl have something in common about how Nicole Kidman's characters like to have sex.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 1:40:50 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

Nicole Kidman: 1 line verdict ×1

  1. verdict (verdict): The Killing of a Sacred Deer → Nicole Kidman. One of the favorite Yorgos films; yellow but not necessarily in.
    “I love the killing of a sacred deer.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 1:40:59 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Poor Things: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (genre per Lanthimos): The Killing of a Sacred Deer → Poor Things. Sacred Deer is framed as Lanthimos's horror movie, in a run of one-per-genre films ending with the monster movie.
    “that's also his horror movie.”
    The Big Picture · Best Picture Power Rankings and a ‘Poor Things’ Deep Dive. Plus: Julianne Moore and Todd Haynes! · 1:20:33 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)

The Favourite: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): The Favourite → The Killing of a Sacred Deer. The Favourite is in keeping with The Lobster but different from The Killing of a Sacred Deer.
    “It is in keeping with the lobster, but it's like way different than a killing of a sacred deer.”
    The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show (Ep. 131) · 1:13:26 · Amanda Dobbins (0.40 sure it was them)

The Invasion: 1 line people ×1

  1. people (people): The Killing of a Sacred Deer → The Invasion. Kidman again made two films in a year with the same actor, as with Daniel Craig.
    “Another situation where she made 2 movies in the same year with the same actor, just like she had the invasion and the Golden Compass with Daniel Craig.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 1:41:43 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

Yorgos Lanthimos: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): The Killing of a Sacred Deer → Yorgos Lanthimos. Wright is fascinated by how Lanthimos gets disassociated performances, reportedly from scripts translated literally from Greek.
    “I'm fascinated by how he gets those strange, almost disassociated performances out of people.”
    The Big Picture · Joe Wright Bounces Back From His Darkest Hour | The Big Picture (Ep. 37) · 0:26:17 · Joe Wright (0.95 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

contrast (1)

  1. contrast (contrast): The Favourite → The Killing of a Sacred Deer. The Favourite is in keeping with The Lobster but different from The Killing of a Sacred Deer.
    “It is in keeping with the lobster, but it's like way different than a killing of a sacred deer.”
    The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show (Ep. 131) · 1:13:26 · Amanda Dobbins (0.40 sure it was them)

craft (1)

  1. craft (craft): The Killing of a Sacred Deer → Yorgos Lanthimos. Wright is fascinated by how Lanthimos gets disassociated performances, reportedly from scripts translated literally from Greek.
    “I'm fascinated by how he gets those strange, almost disassociated performances out of people.”
    The Big Picture · Joe Wright Bounces Back From His Darkest Hour | The Big Picture (Ep. 37) · 0:26:17 · Joe Wright (0.95 sure it was them)

people (1)

  1. people (people): The Killing of a Sacred Deer → The Invasion. Kidman again made two films in a year with the same actor, as with Daniel Craig.
    “Another situation where she made 2 movies in the same year with the same actor, just like she had the invasion and the Golden Compass with Daniel Craig.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 1:41:43 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

theme (2)

  1. theme (theme): Babygirl → The Killing of a Sacred Deer. Both give Kidman characters with distinctive sexual habits.
    “This movie, and Baby Girl have something in common about how Nicole Kidman's characters like to have sex.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 1:40:50 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
  2. theme (genre per Lanthimos): The Killing of a Sacred Deer → Poor Things. Sacred Deer is framed as Lanthimos's horror movie, in a run of one-per-genre films ending with the monster movie.
    “that's also his horror movie.”
    The Big Picture · Best Picture Power Rankings and a ‘Poor Things’ Deep Dive. Plus: Julianne Moore and Todd Haynes! · 1:20:33 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)

verdict (1)

  1. verdict (verdict): The Killing of a Sacred Deer → Nicole Kidman. One of the favorite Yorgos films; yellow but not necessarily in.
    “I love the killing of a sacred deer.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 1:40:59 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

  1. fun, about The Killing of a Sacred Deer: His last great thing seen; he says it is deeply frightening on a subconscious level.
    “deeply, deeply frightening on a deep psychological subconscious level.”
    The Big Picture · Joe Wright Bounces Back From His Darkest Hour | The Big Picture (Ep. 37) · 0:26:09 · Joe Wright (0.95 sure it was them)

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