The Synthetic Terror of Yorgos Lanthimos

Why are these films so creepy and weird? What makes Yorgos Lanthimos films artificial, and what's the point of creating such 'synthetically' tragic tale? Let's look at his 2017 film, The Killing of a Sacred Deer, to see what's up with his characters, dialogue, setting, camera work, and more.

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A read on low/high angle shots by studiobinder:
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Timestamp
0:00 Introduction
1:08 Characters
2:58 Order & Objectivity
3:48 Artificial Space
4:23 Camera
4:47 a) Wide Angle
4:57 b) High Angle
6:05 c) Low Angle
7:21 Zoom
8:51 a) Zoom out
9:25 b) Zoom in
10:31 Exceptions
10:53 Scene One
11:36 Scene Two
12:31 Correlations
13:11 Spaghetti
14:08 Tragic Zoom Out
14:32 Yorgos Lanthimos
16:55 Thank You

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