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Cowards Bend The Knee (2003)

Directed by Guy Maddin · Cinematography by Guy Maddin

60 min43 frames

DramaRomance

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Cowards Bend The Knee (2003) movie still: closeup — A dark, underexposed environment leaves the surrounding space entirely black. A man stands…Cowards Bend The Knee (2003) movie still: medium — A dimly lit room with a heavily patterned checkered carpet and scattered furniture. A man and a…Cowards Bend The Knee (2003) movie still: closeup — A dark, circular view through a telescopic sight shows silhouettes of soldiers in motion. The…Cowards Bend The Knee (2003) movie still: closeup — A woman's face is illuminated against a solid black background. The subject maintains a direct…Cowards Bend The Knee (2003) movie still: medium — A group of people sit in a dark theater looking toward the camera. Multiple individuals raise…Cowards Bend The Knee (2003) movie still: closeup — A dimly lit indoor space with a dark background. A man in a cap gazes ahead.Cowards Bend The Knee (2003) movie still: closeup — A close up on a face in a dark, shadow-filled environment. The subject rests against a textured…Cowards Bend The Knee (2003) movie still: establishing — An aerial view of an ice hockey rink shows players clustered at center ice. The grainy,…Cowards Bend The Knee (2003) movie still: closeup — A dark, nondescript interior space surrounds a woman appearing from the gloom. Her face is…Cowards Bend The Knee (2003) movie still: closeup — A man's head and shoulders are framed within a circular vignette. The subject gazes towards the…Cowards Bend The Knee (2003) movie still: closeup — A woman stands outdoors in a dark environment with light snow falling heavily. The camera…Cowards Bend The Knee (2003) movie still: closeup — A close-up shot of two people in a dark room. One person looms over the other while they are…Cowards Bend The Knee (2003) movie still: medium — A man and a woman stand together in a pitch-black exterior environment. The figures are heavily…Cowards Bend The Knee (2003) movie still: closeup — A man stands in total darkness with his face sharply lit by a single source. He adjust his…Cowards Bend The Knee (2003) movie still: closeup — An elderly man is framed against a solid black, featureless background. He looks slightly to the…Cowards Bend The Knee (2003) movie still: closeup — An abstract dark void centers on a brightly lit hand. The hand is positioned as if reaching…
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What is Cowards Bend The Knee about?

When he takes his girlfriend to a seedy abortion clinic in the back room of a combination hair salon / bordello, Guy Maddin meets the madam’s daughter and falls in love. But she won’t let any man touch her until her father’s murder has been avenged.

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What does the cinematography of Cowards Bend The Knee look like?

Sampled across 43 frames, the coverage of Cowards Bend The Knee leans on close-ups (63% of the sample) and medium shots (30%). Cinematographer Guy Maddin keeps 60% of it in hard-edged, low-key light. Night and dusk account for 65% of the frames. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 86% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings. The production design places the film in the 1940s.

What is the color palette of Cowards Bend The Knee?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Cowards Bend The Knee (2003) are #020202, #fefefe, #323130, #878787, #cacaca, #b1b1b1 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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