Eyes Without A Face (1960)
Directed by Georges Franju · Cinematography by Eugen Schüfftan
Approved90 min59 frames
DramaHorrorThriller
The horror film with a heart of mystery.
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What is Eyes Without A Face about?
Dr. Génessier is riddled with guilt after an accident that he caused disfigures the face of his daughter, the once beautiful Christiane, who outsiders believe is dead. Dr. Génessier, along with accomplice and laboratory assistant Louise, kidnaps young women and brings them to the Génessier mansion. After rendering his victims unconscious, Dr. Génessier removes their faces and attempts to graft them on to Christiane's.
Eyes Without a Face is a 1960 horror film directed by Georges Franju and starring Pierre Brasseur, Alida Valli, Juliette Mayniel, and Édith Scob. Based on a 1959 novel by Jean Redon, who also co-wrote the screenplay, it centers on a plastic surgeon who is determined to perform a face transplant on his daughter, who was disfigured in a car crash.
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Who made Eyes Without A Face?
Georges FranjuDirector- Eugen SchüfftanCinematography
- Jules BorkonProducer
- Riccardo GualinoProducer
What does the cinematography of Eyes Without A Face look like?
Across 59 sampled frames, Eyes Without A Face builds its coverage from medium shots (46% of the sample), with close-ups (29%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Eugen Schüfftan keeps 42% of it in soft, low-key light. 47% of the frames play at night or in the failing light of dusk. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 58% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings. The production design places the film in the 1960s.
What is the color palette of Eyes Without A Face?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Eyes Without A Face (1960) are #040404, #888888, #fcfcfc, #2f2f2f, #474747, #cacaca — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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