The cinematography (by Thimios Bakatakis) uses slow zooms and "God’s eye" overhead shots. This makes the characters look like lab rats in a maze, reinforcing the idea that they are being toyed with by a higher power.
Lanthimos uses this "uncanny" tone to show how fragile our civilized structures are when faced with primal, chaotic forces. 3. Power Dynamics and Choice subtitle The.Killing.Of.A.Sacred.Deer.2017.LIMI...
The film is a modern retelling of Euripides' Greek tragedy Iphigenia in Aulis . In the myth, Agamemnon must sacrifice his daughter to appease the goddess Artemis. In the film, Steven (Colin Farrell) must sacrifice a family member to "balance the scales" for a past surgical mistake. The cinematography (by Thimios Bakatakis) uses slow zooms