A sacrifice for Satan

Chaim 2021-12-01 08:01:29

I have heard of the name for a long time, and I finished reading it today. The top three candidates for the best new film of the month, and the best thriller movie of the month (I think it’s better than "Mother"). The horror points are all concentrated in the shadows of human nature, and many places are worth pondering. Take a look at the plot of the movie. Father of a cardiovascular surgeon, mother of an ophthalmologist, a typical middle-class family. He has a wealthy family, with both children, and on the surface looks very affectionate and perfect. During a medical accident, the patient died on the operating table. As the chief surgeon’s father, he felt guilty for being drunk beforehand, so he privately contacted the patient’s son, a 16-year-old boy. The boy accepted his father’s kindness, and after experiencing some ambiguous relationships, he told him: This matter is never over. You have to pay a tooth for a tooth. One of the three of your family will pay for my father, and he will definitely die. Like a curse, the young son fell ill first for no reason, followed by the daughter. The two have the same symptoms, neither drink nor eat, their lower limbs are paralyzed, and they are dying. The instrument tested everything was normal, and well-known doctors and experts came to the consultation and found nothing. At this time, the boy appeared and issued a death notice. Time is running out and he must immediately make a decision to kill one of them. The father was so angry that he kidnapped the boy and wanted to kill him. The boy stared at his father's face intimidatingly, and said in a cold and incontrovertible tone, kill me and you will pay a family of four. I hope you don't be stupid. Father loves daughter, mother loves son, palms and backs are all flesh. Except for his father, one of the three remaining must die. Who is dead? Or, who wants to die? —————— There are spoilers, a few thoughts—————— 1. This is a three-choice one, but it is not a simple multiple-choice question. Under the image of a strong and authoritarian father, he has an indecisive and cowardly character. He evades and is afraid of choice. In the face of medical accidents, surgeons and anesthesiologists shirked each other's responsibilities and used the same rhetoric, which was the fault of the other party. The father likes his daughter, he is clingy and sweet, will come and know how to please his father deliberately. Between father and son is a wonderful enemy, friend, teacher and father. It cannot be said that he does not love his son, but preference exists. Relatively speaking, mothers like their son's honesty and hate their daughters' scheming. There is inexplicable jealousy and hostility among women. This tilt of the gender balance became more serious in the later stages. 2. Strong religious meaning. "Death of the Sacred Deer", the story originated from the ancient Greek legend "Trojan War", a story in which the commander of the Greek coalition forces killed the goddess's holy deer and had to use his daughter as a sacrifice to the goddess to pray for forgiveness. In mythology, the dedication of his daughter finally touched the goddess and was saved by mercy. But in the movie, this sacrifice is inevitable. From the perspective of the final ending, Shenglu refers to the son. He is the purest and most selfless character, and also the weakest and the most easily sacrificed sacrifice. His mother wanted to save him, but she was helpless herself as one of the potential victims. In order to protect herself, she had to cater to her father and win sympathy points. The death of his son seemed to be an accident, but in fact, the ending is doomed. 3. The soundtrack of the movie is very weird, even if it is a calm and gentle picture, behind it is the fine, incoherent, harsh sound drawn with the violin. It seems that people are screaming, like weeping like complaints, gloomy and terrifying. It is different from the surprise soundtrack of horror movies, but a dormant sense of "conspiracy". Under the fierce piano sound, I always feel that there is unfathomable disaster preparedness, like the kind of "Death is Coming" A sense of fate that will come sooner or later. 4. The terrible part of hatred. In the movie, the boy used a very vivid and direct action to explain what is meant by "tooth for tooth". When your arm is bitten by an enemy, anyone who tries to treat or touch the wound will make the pain worse. At this moment, only when you see the other person suffering from the same pain, and even more so that he loses a piece of flesh, will your mood be relieved and calmed down. This does not help your wounds physically, but it allows you to get spiritual comfort. The most terrifying part of the film has appeared. If you encounter misfortune in your life, "cure" is far less important than "revenge", or "revenge" is the only way to "cure". When a person is in pain, but you around him can retreat without empathy, this hatred of pain will be transferred to you. In the play, the daughter chattered and asked her mother, did you feel any pain, did your legs numb, do you have back pain, did the symptoms begin? Is this a greeting from my mother? Obviously not. This is the chagrin and anger of "Why not you" as a member of the family who should suffer. The Chinese idiom "share happiness and common suffering" is really brilliant. Living in a group, you cannot "share happiness" when good fortune ends. Naturally, you will part ways and turn into enemies; 5. The faces of all beings in the shadow of death. The daughter asked for the MP3 in front of the younger brother, hoping to get it after he died. This is a demonstration of pressure among the same kind; the always tough mother began to obey in front of the father, saying that it’s a big deal that we will be born again, and also put on the father’s favorite black skirt This is flattering and pleasing; the daughter deliberately said to let her die in front of her father, and in every way implied that only the father can take her life, this is a psychological tactic of retreat; in the face of the fear of death, the mother even kissed the boy’s feet Here, he has been treated as a god (in the New Testament of the Bible, there is a description of a woman kissing Jesus’ feet). These are the fragile and dark aspects of human nature. It is human nature to be greedy for life and fear of death, and it is the instinct of the weak to survive. The story may be extremely absurd, but the description of human nature is extremely real. When my father covered everyone's head, he also masked and revolved and shot, using a method similar to the "Russian turntable" to decide whether to live or die, the tragedy officially came to a climax. Loaded, rotated, and shot again and again, waiting for the choice of death. Mixed with the malicious and evil thoughts of the people these days, fear and panic, unknown past, the answer of the exchange of power and sex, the housewife without pubic hair, the body of the virgin who has never budded, and the blood and tears of the holy deer. Like the arrangement of fate, it is more like a long and vast ceremonial ceremony dedicated to Satan. But no one will be saved.

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The Killing of a Sacred Deer quotes

  • Steven Murphy: Do you think your mother is proud of you? Do you think she is happy that her beloved son is a murderer?

  • Surgeon: [to his son] If you don't stop playing games, I will shave your head and make you eat your hair. I mean it. I will make you eat your hair.