Demon Seed (1977)
Directed by Donald Cammell · Cinematography by Bill Butler
R94 min60 frames
HorrorScience Fiction
Julie Christie carries the "Demon Seed." Fear for her.
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What is Demon Seed about?
A scientist creates Proteus, an organic supercomputer with artificial intelligence which becomes obsessed with human beings, and in particular the creator's wife.
Demon Seed is a 1977 American science-fiction horror film directed by Donald Cammell. It stars Julie Christie and Fritz Weaver. The film was based on the 1973 novel of the same name by Dean Koontz, and concerns the imprisonment and forced impregnation of a woman by an artificially intelligent computer. Gerrit Graham, Berry Kroeger, Lisa Lu and Larry J. Blake also appear in the film, with Robert Vaughn uncredited as the voice of the computer.
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What does the cinematography of Demon Seed look like?
Across 59 sampled frames, Demon Seed builds its coverage from medium shots (39% of the sample), with close-ups (29%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Bill Butler keeps 56% of it in soft, low-key light. 58% of the frames play at night or in the failing light of dusk. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 66% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.
What is the color palette of Demon Seed?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Demon Seed (1977) are #32312c, #0b0c0d, #f7f6f5, #d0cec8, #524e47, #d2c9b2 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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