Light Sleeper (1992)
Directed by Paul Schrader · Cinematography by Edward Lachman
R103 min63 frames
DramaCrime
He was a good man in a deadly business. She was his only way out.
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What is Light Sleeper about?
John LeTour is a recovering drug user who suffers insomnia and still deals to a high-end New York clientele, even though he’s trying to move on from the business. John’s professional midlife crisis becomes something more acute — and dangerous — when he re-encounters an old flame while a string of seemingly drug-related murders rocks the city.
Light Sleeper is a 1992 American neo-noir crime drama film written and directed by Paul Schrader and starring Willem Dafoe, Susan Sarandon, and Dana Delany. Set in New York City during a sanitation strike, the story follows a high-class drug dealer battling a midlife crisis (Dafoe) before becoming embroiled in tragic events following a chance encounter with a former girlfriend (Delany).
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What does the cinematography of Light Sleeper look like?
Sampled across 63 frames, the coverage of Light Sleeper leans on medium shots (63% of the sample) and wide compositions (16%). Cinematographer Edward Lachman keeps 63% of it in soft, low-key light. Night and dusk account for 63% of the frames. Focus stays shallow in 67% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings. The production design places the film in the 1990s.
What is the color palette of Light Sleeper?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Light Sleeper (1992) are #2f2d2c, #515150, #131412, #0d142a, #93938e, #8e8474 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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