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In The Cut (2003)

Directed by Jane Campion · Cinematography by Dion Beebe

R119 min60 frames

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In The Cut (2003) movie still: medium — A dimly lit restaurant interior features dark walls and a blurred foreground silhouette. A young man sits in…In The Cut (2003) movie still: closeup — A dark, dimly lit indoor space with no visible architectural details. A woman with blonde hair stares into…In The Cut (2003) movie still: closeup — A dark, underexposed environment showing only a sliver of a person. A hand holds a small, silver metallic…In The Cut (2003) movie still: medium — A dark space defined by vertical metal bars in front of the subject. The man leans against the bars while…In The Cut (2003) movie still: closeup — A dark, dimly lit bedroom features a person sleeping on a pillow. The subject lies on their side with eyes…In The Cut (2003) movie still: wide — A dark urban exterior features a building entrance with steps and a metal gate. A bright pink neon psychic…In The Cut (2003) movie still: medium — A dimly lit diner booth features wood-paneled walls and a mirrored back. A man and a woman sit facing each…In The Cut (2003) movie still: closeup — The interior of a moving car at night is dark and dimly lit. A young woman rests her head against the…In The Cut (2003) movie still: medium — A woman sits on the snow-covered ground surrounded by bare trees in winter. She wears a dark coat and fur…In The Cut (2003) movie still: wide — A subterranean subway platform features white tiled walls and a dark concrete ceiling. An F-line subway train…In The Cut (2003) movie still: closeup — An off-white paper page from a book contains black printed text. The passage displays the opening lines of…In The Cut (2003) movie still: closeup — A person holds a red mug in a dimly lit, foliage-filled outdoor environment. Warm sunlight catches the hair…In The Cut (2003) movie still: closeup — A dark environment with almost no detail visible outside the illuminated face. The subject turns their face…In The Cut (2003) movie still: closeup — A snowy outdoor ice rink features figures skating in the blurred background. A close-up shows a gloved hand…In The Cut (2003) movie still: medium — A stairwell featuring wooden balusters and filtered light through colored glass panes. A woman stands in the…In The Cut (2003) movie still: closeup — A dimly lit room at night features a person resting against a textured pillow. The subject looks off-camera…
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What is In The Cut about?

A New York City writing professor, Frannie Avery, has an affair with a police detective who is investigating the murder of a beautiful young woman in her neighborhood.

In the Cut is a 2003 psychological thriller film written and directed by Jane Campion and starring Meg Ryan, Mark Ruffalo, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Kevin Bacon. Campion's screenplay is an adaptation of the 1995 novel of the same name by Susanna Moore. The film focuses on an English teacher who becomes personally entangled with a detective investigating a series of gruesome murders in her Manhattan neighborhood.

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What does the cinematography of In The Cut look like?

Across 60 sampled frames, In The Cut builds its coverage from close-ups (45% of the sample), with medium shots (32%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Dion Beebe keeps 67% of it in soft, low-key light. 67% of the frames play at night or in the failing light of dusk. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 87% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.

What is the color palette of In The Cut?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of In The Cut (2003) are #0f0d0a, #30312b, #2d291a, #4f4b30, #4b3528, #28130c — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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