Double Indemnity (1944)
Directed by Billy Wilder · Cinematography by John F. Seitz
Approved107 min64 frames
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What is Double Indemnity about?
An insurance representative is seduced by a dissatisfied housewife into a scheme of insurance fraud and murder that arouses the suspicion of his colleague, a claims investigator.
Double Indemnity is a 1944 American film noir directed by Billy Wilder and produced by Buddy DeSylva and Joseph Sistrom. Wilder and Raymond Chandler adapted the screenplay from James M. Cain's novel of the same name, which ran as an eight-part serial in Liberty magazine in 1936.
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What does the cinematography of Double Indemnity look like?
Across 63 sampled frames, medium shots dominate the coverage of Double Indemnity (75% of the sample). Cinematographer John F. Seitz keeps 49% of it in soft, low-key light. 56% of the frames play at night or in the failing light of dusk. Vintage glass shapes the frame. The production design places the film in the 1940s.
What is the color palette of Double Indemnity?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Double Indemnity (1944) are #060606, #2f2f2f, #8d8d8d, #6f6f6f, #4a4a4a, #b0b0b0 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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