The Killing of a Sacred Deer - Family is a Painful Thing

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In this video I discuss the themes of Yorgos Lanthimos' 2017 film The Killing of a Sacred Deer. The film takes a cynical view of the heteronormative & patriarchal norms that underlie the traditional nuclear family, and in this video I discuss how this view manifests in the film's narrative via the hints of an abuse dynamic between the father, Dr Steven Murphy, and the rest of his family, with said dynamic being brought to light by a curse placed upon his family that will gradually kill them unless he makes a decision to kill one of them, lifting the curse for the remaining family members.