A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (2014)

Directed by Roy Andersson · Cinematography by István Borbás, Gergely Pálos

PG-13101 min30 frames

DramaComedyFantasy

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What is A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence about?

An absurdist, surrealistic and shocking pitch-black comedy, which moves freely from nightmare to fantasy to hilariously deadpan humour as it muses on man’s perpetual inhumanity to man.

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What does the cinematography of A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence look like?

Sampled across 30 frames, the coverage of A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence leans on wide compositions and full-body frames. Cinematographer István Borbás keeps much of it in diffused, high-key light. This is largely a daylight film — most of the frames play in daylight. Deep focus keeps foreground and background readable at once in most of the frames.

What is the color palette of A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (2014) are #d5d3c7, #545249, #373731, #cec9b5, #b1b2a9, #909188 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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