Hour of the Wolf (1968)
Directed by Ingmar Bergman · Cinematography by Sven Nykvist
88 min63 frames
DramaHorror
The hour of the wolf is the hour between night and dawn. It is the hour when most people die, when sleep is the deepest, when nightmares feel most real.
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What is Hour of the Wolf about?
While vacationing on a remote German island with his younger pregnant wife, an artist has an emotional breakdown while confronting his repressed desires.
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What does the cinematography of Hour of the Wolf look like?
Across 62 sampled frames, Hour of the Wolf builds its coverage from close-ups (40% of the sample), with medium shots (23%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Sven Nykvist keeps 39% of it in soft, low-key light. 53% of the frames play at night or in the failing light of dusk. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 60% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings. The production design places the film in the 1960s.
What is the color palette of Hour of the Wolf?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Hour of the Wolf (1968) are #030303, #2f2f2f, #8d8d8d, #4c4c4c, #6d6d6d, #cccccc — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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