Mars Attacks! (1996)
Directed by Tim Burton · Cinematography by Peter Suschitzky
PG-13106 min57 frames
ComedyFantasyScience Fiction
Nice planet. We'll take it!
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What is Mars Attacks! about?
A fleet of Martian spacecraft surrounds the world's major cities and all of humanity waits to see if the extraterrestrial visitors have, as they claim, "come in peace." U.S. President James Dale receives assurance from science professor Donald Kessler that the Martians' mission is a friendly one. But when a peaceful exchange ends in the total annihilation of the U.S. Congress, military men call for a full-scale nuclear retaliation.
Mars Attacks! is a 1996 American science fiction black comedy film directed by Tim Burton, who also co-produced it with Larry J. Franco. The screenplay by Jonathan Gems was based on the Topps trading card series of the same name. The film features an ensemble cast consisting of Jack Nicholson, Glenn Close, Annette Bening, Pierce Brosnan, Danny DeVito, Martin Short, Sarah Jessica Parker, Michael J. Fox, Rod Steiger, Tom Jones, Lukas Haas Natalie Portman, Jim Brown, Lisa Marie, and Sylvia Sidney in her final film role.
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What does the cinematography of Mars Attacks! look like?
Sampled across 57 frames, the coverage of Mars Attacks! leans on medium shots (42% of the sample) and wide compositions (39%). Cinematographer Peter Suschitzky keeps 40% of it in soft, naturalistic light. Night and dusk account for 47% of the frames. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. The production design places the film in the 1990s.
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The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Mars Attacks! (1996) are #0c0b0c, #2f2d30, #0a112f, #f7f7f6, #555153, #cdcdd0 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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