Santa Sangre (1989)

Directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky · Cinematography by Daniele Nannuzzi

NC-17123 min53 frames

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What is Santa Sangre about?

A former circus artist escapes from a mental hospital to rejoin his armless, cult leader mother, and is forced to enact brutal murders in her name.

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What does the cinematography of Santa Sangre look like?

Across 53 sampled frames, Santa Sangre builds its coverage from medium shots (47% of the sample), with wide compositions (32%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Daniele Nannuzzi keeps 49% of it in soft, low-key light. 49% of the frames play at night or in the failing light of dusk. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 57% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.

What is the color palette of Santa Sangre?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Santa Sangre (1989) are #312e2e, #110f0f, #525150, #f6f5f4, #d2d2ce, #b2afab — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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  • #110f0f
  • #525150
  • #f6f5f4
  • #d2d2ce
  • #b2afab

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