{"id":990,"date":"2023-09-04T17:37:13","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T17:37:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/?p=990"},"modified":"2023-09-04T17:37:14","modified_gmt":"2023-09-04T17:37:14","slug":"254-the-killing-of-a-sacred-deer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/2023\/09\/04\/254-the-killing-of-a-sacred-deer\/","title":{"rendered":"254 &#8211; The Killing of a Sacred Deer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/sacreddeer-thob-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-991\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/sacreddeer-thob-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/sacreddeer-thob-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/sacreddeer-thob-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/sacreddeer-thob-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/sacreddeer-thob-1200x675.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/sacreddeer-thob.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-74af229f-8120-4f73-9431-8f0f53b6d060\">Some might call Yorgos Lanthimos&#8217; Oscar ascent an unlikely one, given the oddness at the core of his films. But with the Foreign Language Feature nomination for the explicit <em>Dogtooth<\/em> and the Original Screenplay for <em>The Lobster<\/em>, the Greek auteur cemented his status in the Oscar club. A victory lap of sorts came with <em>The Killing of a Sacred Deer<\/em> in 2017, returning Lanthimos to Cannes competition with the pedigree of Colin Farrell and Nicole Kidman. But any expectation that the film might be another Academy affirmed oddity all but evaporated when Cannes audiences discovered a bloody and deeply strange (even for Lanthimos) modern fable about a father given an otherworldly, violent demand from a deceased patient&#8217;s son.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-2e4b75dc-b6a0-44ee-91d0-1fdb707eda77\">This episode, we talk about our anticipation for Lanthimos&#8217; <em>Poor Things<\/em> this season and the elements that make this film so divisive. We also talk about Barry Keoghan&#8217;s brilliant breakthrough performance, Alicia Silverstone&#8217;s caramel tart, and the film career of character actor Bill Camp (new bet alert!).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-9fe9b886-9068-42ba-ad1c-4e3603c7e582\">Topics also include the now-defunct Executive Committee, Kidman smoking while gardening, and 2017 Cannes Film Festival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-6d75b0ad-df90-4ff6-b30d-86cf45d33e6a\">Don&#8217;t forget to sign up for our Patreon, This Had Oscar Buzz: Turbulent Brilliance over at <a href=\"https:\/\/href.li\/?https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/ThisHadOscarBuzz\">patreon.com\/thishadoscarbuzz<\/a>!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Follow Us on Twitter!<br><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Had_Oscar_Buzz\">@Had_Oscar_Buzz<\/a><br>Joe: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joereid\">@joereid<\/a><br>Chris: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chrisvfeil\">@chrisvfeil<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8504\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-990-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/3563080\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/EP\/THOB_EP_254_The_Killing_Of_A_Sacred_Deer.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/3563080\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/EP\/THOB_EP_254_The_Killing_Of_A_Sacred_Deer.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/3563080\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/EP\/THOB_EP_254_The_Killing_Of_A_Sacred_Deer.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/3563080\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/EP\/THOB_EP_254_The_Killing_Of_A_Sacred_Deer.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/?powerpress_pinw=990-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/3563080\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/EP\/THOB_EP_254_The_Killing_Of_A_Sacred_Deer.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"THOB_EP_254_The_Killing_Of_A_Sacred_Deer.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some might call Yorgos Lanthimos&#8217; Oscar ascent an unlikely one, given the oddness at the core of his films. But with the Foreign Language Feature nomination for the explicit Dogtooth and the Original Screenplay for The Lobster, the Greek auteur cemented his status in the Oscar club. A victory lap of sorts came with The &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/2023\/09\/04\/254-the-killing-of-a-sacred-deer\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;254 &#8211; The Killing of a Sacred Deer&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[5,1386,1385,1372,172,39,3,167,6,1387,1388,1384],"class_list":["post-990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-academy-awards","tag-alicia-silverstone","tag-barry-keoghan","tag-bill-camp","tag-cannes-film-festival","tag-colin-farrell","tag-movies","tag-nicole-kidman","tag-oscars","tag-raffey-cassidy","tag-sunny-suljic","tag-yorgos-lanthimos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=990"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/990\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":992,"href":"https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/990\/revisions\/992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}