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Brand Upon the Brain! (2006)

Directed by Guy Maddin · Cinematography by Benjamin Kasulke

95 min59 frames

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Brand Upon the Brain! (2006) movie still: medium — A dark space features a large golden harp resting beside a young woman. The woman stands directly…Brand Upon the Brain! (2006) movie still: wide — An open grassy field stretches toward a cluster of leafless trees against a cloudy sky. A single…Brand Upon the Brain! (2006) movie still: closeup — A person is centered in a featureless void against a dark background. She wears a white lace…Brand Upon the Brain! (2006) movie still: closeup — A pitch black environment features only the illuminated face and hand of a woman. She holds her…Brand Upon the Brain! (2006) movie still: medium — A rocky beach stretches toward a dark treeline under an overcast sky. Two women face each other…Brand Upon the Brain! (2006) movie still: closeup — A dark, featureless space surrounds the subject with no visible background elements. An elderly…Brand Upon the Brain! (2006) movie still: medium — A dark, crowded bedroom interior features several children gathered around a person on a bed. The…Brand Upon the Brain! (2006) movie still: closeup — A man's face emerges from a dense black void into a sliver of light. The features are…Brand Upon the Brain! (2006) movie still: closeup — A person wears a black top hat and a mask in total darkness. The subject stares straight ahead…Brand Upon the Brain! (2006) movie still: medium — A dark stairwell features a brick wall adjacent to a large curved structure. A man in a dark coat…Brand Upon the Brain! (2006) movie still: fullbody — A dark, featureless environment contains a small white rectangular rug on the floor. A woman in…Brand Upon the Brain! (2006) movie still: medium — A man lies inside a small wooden boat on the water. The sunlight glares off the rippling water…Brand Upon the Brain! (2006) movie still: closeup — A dark, featureless environment surrounds a single piece of textured white paper. Hand-drawn…Brand Upon the Brain! (2006) movie still: closeup — A figure stands against a completely black background. A man writes with a pen while wearing a…Brand Upon the Brain! (2006) movie still: medium — A flat sandy coastline extends toward a distant water line under an overcast sky. A young boy in…Brand Upon the Brain! (2006) movie still: closeup — A person stands in a dark space, highlighted by a vertical slit of light. The face is centered…
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What is Brand Upon the Brain! about?

After returning home to his long-estranged mother upon a request from her deathbed, a man raised by his parents in an orphanage has to confront the childhood memories that have long haunted him.

Who stars in Brand Upon the Brain!?

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What does the cinematography of Brand Upon the Brain! look like?

Across 59 sampled frames, Brand Upon the Brain! builds its coverage from close-ups (44% of the sample), with medium shots (29%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Benjamin Kasulke keeps 34% of it in low-key light. 44% of the frames play at night or in the failing light of dusk. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 59% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.

What is the color palette of Brand Upon the Brain!?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Brand Upon the Brain! (2006) are #020202, #fbfbfb, #d0d0d0, #888888, #313030, #acacac — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

  • #020202
  • #fbfbfb
  • #d0d0d0
  • #888888
  • #313030
  • #acacac

See the full Brand Upon the Brain! colour palette — every hex with its share, plus warmth, saturation and luminance.

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