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Bringing Out The Dead (1999)

Directed by Martin Scorsese · Cinematography by Robert Richardson

R121 min54 frames

Drama

Any call can be murder, any stop can be suicide, any night can be the last.

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Bringing Out The Dead (1999) movie still: medium — A dimly lit room features a man sleeping on a couch at night. He is wrapped in a plaid blanket…Bringing Out The Dead (1999) movie still: closeup — A small clear glass vial rests on a surface littered with shards of broken glass. The background…Bringing Out The Dead (1999) movie still: medium — A woman stands behind a door frame inside a plain home. She looks towards an obscured person in…Bringing Out The Dead (1999) movie still: closeup — A cluttered kitchen sink filled with dirty dishes and various food items. Hands are positioned…Bringing Out The Dead (1999) movie still: medium — A clinical hospital corridor with green tiled walls and bright ceiling fluorescent lights. Three…Bringing Out The Dead (1999) movie still: closeup — An ambulance cab at night with a red symbol marked on the side window. A man in a uniform looks…Bringing Out The Dead (1999) movie still: medium — A green-walled room contains a double bed with a patterned quilt and two lamps. A woman and a man…Bringing Out The Dead (1999) movie still: wide — A dark concrete underpass extends into the shadows with repetitive vertical support pillars. A…Bringing Out The Dead (1999) movie still: closeup — A pair of red metal air horns are mounted on a vehicle rooftop. The objects are illuminated by a…Bringing Out The Dead (1999) movie still: medium — An ambulance drives down a dark urban street at night with headlights illuminating the road. The…Bringing Out The Dead (1999) movie still: wide — A nighttime city street paved with cobblestones is illuminated by warm, artificial light sources. A…Bringing Out The Dead (1999) movie still: closeup — An interior space is bathed in darkness with out-of-focus vertical red lights behind. A man in a…Bringing Out The Dead (1999) movie still: wide — A rain-slicked urban road at night features glowing, smeared lights from passing traffic. An…Bringing Out The Dead (1999) movie still: closeup — A glass vial with a red skull and crossbones symbol printed on its surface. The background…Bringing Out The Dead (1999) movie still: medium — The front cabin of an ambulance at night with dimly lit control panels. Two paramedics in white…Bringing Out The Dead (1999) movie still: medium — A man in a uniform drives a vehicle at night in complete darkness. The scene is illuminated…
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Bringing Out The Dead — official trailer

What is Bringing Out The Dead about?

Once called "Father Frank" for his efforts to rescue lives, Frank Pierce sees the ghosts of those he failed to save around every turn. He has tried everything he can to get fired, calling in sick, delaying taking calls where he might have to face one more victim he couldn't help, yet cannot quit the job on his own.

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What does the cinematography of Bringing Out The Dead look like?

Sampled across 54 frames, the coverage of Bringing Out The Dead leans on medium shots (48% of the sample) and close-ups (26%). Cinematographer Robert Richardson keeps 72% of it in soft, low-key light. Night and dusk account for 78% of the frames. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 76% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.

What is the color palette of Bringing Out The Dead?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Bringing Out The Dead (1999) are #0d0d0e, #2f2f2f, #f4f4f4, #51514d, #71716a, #d6d2ca — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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