EPISODE · Feb 28, 2024 · 1H 14M
57. The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017) Film Review
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I love my spaghetti boy. The Killing of a Sacred Deer is a 2017 psychological thriller directed by Yorgos Lanthimos and starring Colin Farrell, Barry Keoghan, and Nicole Kidman. Based off the greek myth "The Tragedy of Iphigenia," this film follows a surgeon that is having mysterious meetings with a teenage boy. What does the boy want? Look at the boy, look at the way he eats spaghetti. Maybe if people told him that everyone eats spaghetti the way he does, this all could've been avoided. Caution: movie spoilers. Intro- 0 to 1:38. Film Discussion- 1:38 to 1:02:29. Film Ratings- 1:02:29 to End. Next 3 films before the 2017 A24 Oscars: 58. Lady Bird 59. The Disaster Artist 60. The Ballad of Lefty Brown
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I love my spaghetti boy. The Killing of a Sacred Deer is a 2017 psychological thriller directed by Yorgos Lanthimos and starring Colin Farrell, Barry Keoghan, and Nicole Kidman. Based off the greek myth "The Tragedy of Iphigenia," this film follows a surgeon that is having mysterious meetings with a teenage boy. What does the boy want? Look at the boy, look at the way he eats spaghetti. Maybe if people told him that everyone eats spaghetti the way he does, this all could've been avoided. Caution: movie spoilers. Intro- 0 to 1:38. Film Discussion- 1:38 to 1:02:29. Film Ratings- 1:02:29 to End. Next 3 films before the 2017 A24 Oscars: 58. Lady Bird 59. The Disaster Artist 60. The Ballad of Lefty Brown
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