Cul-de-sac (1966)
Directed by Roman Polanski · Cinematography by Gilbert Taylor
112 min59 frames
ThrillerComedyCrimeDrama
Sometimes there’s nothing left to do but laugh!
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What is Cul-de-sac about?
On the run and in search of help, two wounded gangsters find refuge in the secluded castle of a feeble man and his wife; however, under the point of a gun, nothing is what it seems.
Cul-de-sac is a 1966 British black comedy psychological thriller film directed by Roman Polanski, written by Polanski and Gérard Brach, and starring Donald Pleasence, Françoise Dorléac, Lionel Stander and Jack MacGowran, with Iain Quarrier, Geoffrey Sumner, Renée Houston, William Franklyn, Marie Kean and Trevor Delaney in supporting roles. It also features Jacqueline Bisset in a small role, in her second film appearance. Polanski's second English-language feature, it follows two injured gangsters who take refuge in the remote island castle of a young British couple in the North of England, spurring a series of mind games and violent altercations.
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What does the cinematography of Cul-de-sac look like?
Sampled across 59 frames, the coverage of Cul-de-sac leans on wide compositions (36% of the sample) and medium shots (36%). Cinematographer Gilbert Taylor keeps 44% of it in hard-edged, naturalistic light. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Deep focus keeps foreground and background readable at once in 56% of the frames. The production design places the film in the 1960s.
What is the color palette of Cul-de-sac?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Cul-de-sac (1966) are #010101, #8b8b8b, #2e2e2e, #474747, #c9c9c9, #6b6b6b — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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