The Killing of a Sacred Deer (Artificial Eye) - March 5, 2018

[Heinz-Klett]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Killing-Sac...g=bluraycom-21
https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-K...lu-ray/191710/

Special Features:
Q&A with the director and cast
Making of Featurette
Original Trailer

Yes, first things first: the first pressing comes with an infamous slipcover.

I hope the special features are rather extended.

[jcmw98]

Really enjoyed this one, Lanthimos' films are certainly original. Looking forward to the release, gotta say that I much prefer the US slip design though.

[rapta]

Wasn't sure about this so much when I was watching it, but it's definitely the kind of film that lingers. More like Lanthimos's pre-English language stuff, for those expecting something like The Lobster, but still obviously has Colin Farrell being weird (which is unmissable). Will pick this up eventually, hopefully still with slipcover (ditto Good Time and Notes on Blindness).

[nekromantik]

damn it was only listed for dvd before so I paid more to import it

[Skinmeister]

Anyone know whether this release will include English subs for the main feature?

[CavebobSpongeman]

Originally Posted by rapta

Will pick this up eventually, hopefully still with slipcover (ditto Good Time and Notes on Blindness).

And Borg/McEnroe.

[meowingdogs]

Gotta admit, I prefer the DVD cover. I love this one too but the DVD cover gives it a more arthouse vibe. But nonetheless, I'm excited for this. So glad I caught it in the only theater playing it in Iceland.

[Show spoiler]

[NoFro]

The DVD cover is pretty generic in my opinion. The Blu Ray cover is far more engaging.

[Dubliner1]

...already posted on the official ArtEye thread but here's Beaver's detailed review...

http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film6/dvd_r...er_blu-ray.htm

[Dubliner1]

Originally Posted by Skinmeister

Anyone know whether this release will include English subs for the main feature?

...according to above review it has English(SDH) subtitles...

[Skinmeister]

Thanks!

[derek_1999]

My copy arrived today (a day late via Amazon Prime, LOL).

For the cardboard obsessed, it did come with one

[turns2stone]

I hope this is good, just blind-bought via iTunes

[Justin101]

Originally Posted by turns2stone

I hope this is good, just blind-bought via iTunes

It's unusual, I loved it but I can see why someone might not, did you see Dogtooth or The Lobster?

[turns2stone]

Originally Posted by Justin101

It's unusual, I loved it but I can see why someone might not, did you see Dogtooth or The Lobster?

I did not. But I typically enjoy strange/non-traditional movies or storylines.

[Justin101]

Originally Posted by turns2stone

I did not. But I typically enjoy strange/non-traditional movies or storylines.

I hope you enjoy it then! It has a very disconnected style which I thought was great and added a lot of tension to it.

[AnamorphicWidescreen]

Re-posting my analysis of this film from another thread on this board. I just wanted to see how others interpreted this film & generate some discussion, since I found it very interesting - but somewhat ambiguous:

Just watched TKOASD on Blu, for the first time. Beautiful & stunning print - the PQ & color were stellar.

I watched this without having read any reviews or any kind of analyses of the film. This is unquestionably one of the most - if not THE most - twisted, unsettling, and genuinely bizzarre films I've ever seen.

The dialogue & conversations between the characters was extremely stilted/awkward, which was obviously intentional. I felt like I was watching a play instead of a movie. At times, the conversations were unintentionally/intentionally?! laughable.

Here's my interpretation of the film's events - note I haven't read any interpretations of the movie:

The young man/teen Martin

[Show spoiler]was obviously justifiably angry at his father's death, and blamed the surgeon (who was almost certainly at fault for the death). It's not clear if he knew the surgeon was drunk when he performed the surgery. Martin accepted the surgeon's offers of friendship, gifts, getting invited to the surgeon's home, etc. in order to ingratiate himself with the family so he could somehow put a "curse" on them.

The

[Show spoiler]"curse" obviously resulted in the family members losing the use of their legs, extreme loss of appetite, eventual bleeding from the eyes, and would have ultimately resulted in death. Martin knew the exact medical symptoms that the family members would suffer - and the order that they would suffer them in - so, it seems evident that he did indeed have something to do with this. As Martin said, at some point the surgeon had to pick someone to kill, or else all three would die - which is what happened at the end.

I know that people

[Show spoiler]can suffer illnesses and not actually be sick, i.e. the symptoms can be psychosomatic. However, in this case the surgeon's two children (both the boy & the girl) did genuinely suffer symptoms which included not being able to walk, appetite loss, and the bleeding of the eyes (which only the boy suffered). Even though the medical tests showed nothing, this was still occurring to the kids so it seems evident that an outside "force" was behind all of this....maybe.

As the film progressed,

[Show spoiler]I wondered if there was a scene (that was left "off-screen") in which Martin hypnotized the two kids & the mother (Nicole Kidman) to make them experience the symptoms - without a real medical cause. However, a sequence like this was not even implied - so, I doubt this was supposed to have happened.

In any case, this was an extremely disturbing film. I doubt I'll want to see it again - at least not anytime soon.

[Charlie_C]

Happened to pop into HMV today and grabbed this for £7.49 much to my surprise. Have checked and it's that price on HMV's website and Amazon.

[Impossible]

Mine just arrived from Amazon with a slip.

Can't wait to watch it again tonight.

[Bullitt]

I ordered it yesterday,blind buy for me but I do fancy it.
Hoping mine comes with a slip.