My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done? (2009)
Directed by Werner Herzog · Cinematography by Peter Zeitlinger
R91 min64 frames
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Brad has committed murder and barricaded himself inside his house. With the help of his friends and neighbours, the cops piece together the strange tale of how this nice young man arrived at such a dark place.
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done is a 2009 crime drama film directed by Werner Herzog, and written by Herzog and Herbert Golder. The film stars Michael Shannon as Brad McCullam, a mentally unstable man who kills his own mother after becoming obsessed with a play he is starring in. The film follows a hostage situation resulting from the murder, while also showing the events of McCullam's life leading up to the murder in flashback, with Willem Dafoe appearing as the lead detective, and Chloë Sevigny as McCullam's fiancée.
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Sampled across 64 frames, the coverage of My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done? leans on medium shots (42% of the sample) and wide compositions (33%). Cinematographer Peter Zeitlinger keeps 75% of it in soft, naturalistic light. This is largely a daylight film — 78% of the frames play in daylight. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame.
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