eXistenZ (1999)

Directed by David Cronenberg · Cinematography by Peter Suschitzky

R97 min43 frames

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What is eXistenZ about?

A game designer on the run from assassins must play her latest virtual reality creation with a marketing trainee to determine if the game has been damaged.

Existenz is a 1999 science fiction horror film written, produced and directed by David Cronenberg. The film follows Allegra Geller, a game designer who becomes the target of assassins while playing a virtual reality game of her own creation. An international co-production between Canada, the United Kingdom, and France, it also stars Jude Law, Ian Holm, Don McKellar, Callum Keith Rennie, Sarah Polley, Christopher Eccleston, Willem Dafoe, and Robert A. Silverman.

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What does the cinematography of eXistenZ look like?

Sampled across 43 frames, the coverage of eXistenZ leans on medium shots (47% of the sample) and close-ups (33%). Cinematographer Peter Suschitzky keeps 56% of it in soft, low-key light. Night and dusk account for 65% of the frames. Focus stays shallow in 74% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings. The production design places the film in the 1990s.

What is the color palette of eXistenZ?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of eXistenZ (1999) are #2f2d2f, #4d4c4d, #938b74, #d5d3d2, #948f89, #131414 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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  • #4d4c4d
  • #938b74
  • #d5d3d2
  • #948f89
  • #131414

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