God Told Me To (1976)
Directed by Larry Cohen · Cinematography by Paul Glickman
R91 min62 frames
CrimeHorrorScience Fiction
The people of this city are being terrorized. The crimes have no motives. The killers have only one explanation...
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What is God Told Me To about?
A New York detective investigates a series of murders committed by random citizens who claim that 'God told them to'.
God Told Me To is a 1976 science fiction horror film written, directed, and produced by Larry Cohen. Like many of Cohen's films, it was shot on location in New York City and incorporates aspects of the police procedural. The film depicts sniper attacks, mass stabbings, mass shootings, and familicides performed by seemingly normal people, who all claim that God told them to kill. A religious NYPD detective suspects that the perpetrators were influenced by a cult leader with apparent psychic powers. During the investigation, the detective also investigates his own past and the identity of his birth mother. He discovers that both he and the cult leader were the result of mysterious virgin births.
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What does the cinematography of God Told Me To look like?
Sampled across 62 frames, the coverage of God Told Me To leans on medium shots (40% of the sample) and close-ups (23%). Cinematographer Paul Glickman keeps 48% of it in soft, low-key light. Night and dusk account for 61% of the frames. Anamorphic 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 1970s.
What is the color palette of God Told Me To?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of God Told Me To (1976) are #31302e, #0f0c0b, #d4d2cf, #50504c, #312917, #910405 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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