Don’t Torture A Duckling (1972)
Directed by Lucio Fulci · Cinematography by Sergio D'Offizi
105 min60 frames
Horror
A classic tale of the perverse from director Lucio Fulci.
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What is Don’t Torture A Duckling about?
A reporter and a promiscuous young woman try to solve a series of child killings in a remote southern Italian town rife with superstition and a distrust of outsiders.
Don't Torture a Duckling is a 1972 Italian giallo film directed and co-written by Lucio Fulci, and starring Florinda Bolkan, Barbara Bouchet, Tomas Milian, Irene Papas, Marc Porel and Georges Wilson. The plot follows a journalist investigating a series of child murders in an insular Italian village whose residents are riddled with superstition and mistrust. The film's score was composed by Riz Ortolani and features vocals by Ornella Vanoni.
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What does the cinematography of Don’t Torture A Duckling look like?
Sampled across 60 frames, the coverage of Don’t Torture A Duckling leans on close-ups (40% of the sample) and medium shots (32%). Cinematographer Sergio D'Offizi keeps 48% of it in soft, naturalistic light. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 70% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.
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The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Don’t Torture A Duckling (1972) are #2e2f2d, #0e0e0e, #52534c, #f4f4f4, #d7d5cd, #90928b — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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