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Bliss

Directed by Mike Cahill · Cinematography by Markus Förderer

R103 min42 frames

Science FictionRomanceDrama

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Bliss movie still: medium — A person sits behind the wheel of a convertible during sunset. Golden light silhouettes the driver against the bright…Bliss movie still: closeup — A dark bedroom with minimal wall decorations including a small picture frame. A woman with voluminous curly hair looks…Bliss movie still: medium — A dark, dimly lit environment with a textured wall washed in deep red light. A person with wet, dark hair stands in the…Bliss movie still: fullbody — A dark space lit by a vibrant red glow against a textured backdrop. A woman in dark clothing stands silhouetted…Bliss movie still: medium — A large, textured red canvas fills most of the frame in a dim room. A woman with long curly hair stands with her back to…Bliss movie still: medium — A bedroom wall is densely layered with posters and illuminated by neon red lighting. A couple stands near a mirror…Bliss movie still: medium — A bathroom featuring dark magenta wallpaper with a patterned texture and white tiled counters. A young woman with curly…Bliss movie still: medium — A dark rocky landscape appears behind a woman against a deep red atmosphere. The woman faces forward with glowing eyes…Bliss movie still: closeup — A dimly lit concrete stairwell with two-toned grey walls and exposed ceiling infrastructure. A woman with curly hair…Bliss movie still: wide — A dark, industrial art studio features a large, vibrant red painting on the wall. The canvas depicts a dark figure amidst…Bliss movie still: medium — A person lies on a dark, textured surface in a dimly lit room. Intense colored light casts purple and blue shadows over…Bliss movie still: medium — A woman stands in a dim apartment interior facing a large multi-paned window. Outside the window a city skyline is…Bliss movie still: medium — A dimly lit room bathed in artificial green light featuring a card-playing area. Two older men sit at a table holding…Bliss movie still: medium — A person sits in the driver seat of a convertible during golden hour. The background shows a commercial building parking…Bliss movie still: medium — A dimly lit bar booth filled with intense red light and glass surfaces. Two men sit across from each other at a small…Bliss movie still: medium — A dimly lit club interior featuring a large glowing red eye-shaped neon sign. Two figures are positioned close together…
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Bliss — official trailer

What is Bliss about?

A mind-bending love story following Greg who, after recently being divorced and then fired, meets the mysterious Isabel, a woman living on the streets and convinced that the polluted, broken world around them is just a computer simulation. Doubtful at first, Greg eventually discovers there may be some truth to Isabel’s wild conspiracy.

Bliss is a 2021 American drama film written and directed by Mike Cahill. It stars Owen Wilson and Salma Hayek, and follows a middle-aged man (Wilson), recently divorced and estranged, who suffers a psychotic break when he is fired from an unhappy job. Befriended by a homeless woman (Hayek), he gradually falls deeper into what appears to be drug addiction. He struggles to discern reality from fantasy. It was released on February 5, 2021, on Amazon Prime Video, and received mostly negative reviews from critics, who compared it unfavorably to The Matrix.

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What does the cinematography of Bliss look like?

Sampled across 41 frames, the coverage of Bliss leans on medium shots (66% of the sample) and close-ups (24%). Cinematographer Markus Förderer keeps 73% of it in soft, low-key light. Night and dusk account for 88% of the frames. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 85% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.

What is the color palette of Bliss?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Bliss are #0a0608, #2a0605, #890403, #480605, #2f2f2e, #ff0000 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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  • #2a0605
  • #890403
  • #480605
  • #2f2f2e
  • #ff0000

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