Liquid Sky (1982)

Directed by Slava Tsukerman · Cinematography by Yuri Neyman

R112 min64 frames

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Strange aliens having bizarre orgasms!

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What is Liquid Sky about?

An alien creature invades New York's punk subculture in its search for an opiate released by the brain during an orgasm.

Liquid Sky is a 1982 American independent science fiction film directed by Slava Tsukerman and starring Anne Carlisle and Paula E. Sheppard. It debuted at the Montreal Film festival in August 1982 and was well received at several film festivals thereafter. It was produced with a budget of $500,000. It became the most successful independent film of 1983, grossing $1.7 million worldwide.

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What does the cinematography of Liquid Sky look like?

Sampled across 64 frames, the coverage of Liquid Sky leans on medium shots (38% of the sample) and close-ups (36%). Cinematographer Yuri Neyman keeps 66% of it in soft, low-key light. Night and dusk account for 75% of the frames. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 66% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.

What is the color palette of Liquid Sky?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Liquid Sky (1982) are #090709, #fafafa, #fd0201, #343130, #50504e, #ced0d2 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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