Cape Fear (1991)
Directed by Martin Scorsese · Cinematography by Freddie Francis
R128 min55 frames
DramaCrimeThriller
Sam Bowden has always provided for his family's future. But the past is coming back to haunt them.
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What is Cape Fear about?
Sam Bowden is a small-town corporate attorney. Max Cady is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, Bible-quoting, psychotic rapist. What do they have in common? 14 years ago, Sam was a public defender assigned to Max Cady's rape trial, and he made a serious error: he hid a document from his illiterate client that could have gotten him acquitted. Now, the cagey Cady has been released, and he intends to teach Sam Bowden and his family a thing or two about loss.
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What does the cinematography of Cape Fear look like?
Sampled across 55 frames, the coverage of Cape Fear leans on close-ups (45% of the sample) and medium shots (36%). Cinematographer Freddie Francis keeps 53% of it in soft, low-key light. Night and dusk account for 60% of the frames. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 78% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings. The production design places the film in the 1990s.
What is the color palette of Cape Fear?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Cape Fear (1991) are #312b2b, #131212, #4f4e4e, #d4d3d0, #463a36, #8c7769 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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