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Looper (2012)

Directed by Rian Johnson · Cinematography by Steve Yedlin

R119 min54 frames

ActionThrillerScience Fiction

Hunted by your future, haunted by your past.

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Looper — official trailer

What is Looper about?

In the year 2044, time travel has not yet been invented but in 30 years it will have been. When the mob wants to get rid of someone, they will send their target into the past where a looper, a hired gun, like Joe is waiting to mop up. Joe is getting rich and life is good until the day the mob decides to close the loop, sending back Joe's future self for assassination.

Where can you watch Looper?

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What does the cinematography of Looper look like?

Sampled across 54 frames, the coverage of Looper leans on close-ups (31% of the sample) and wide compositions (30%). Cinematographer Steve Yedlin keeps 48% of it in soft, naturalistic light. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 57% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.

What is the color palette of Looper?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Looper (2012) are #302e2b, #726954, #504e4e, #44372f, #897a6c, #161314 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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  • #504e4e
  • #44372f
  • #897a6c
  • #161314

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