Sebastiane (1976)
Directed by Derek Jarman, Paul Humfress · Cinematography by Peter Middleton
X86 min51 frames
Drama
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What is Sebastiane about?
Rome, AD 303. Emperor Diocletian demotes his favourite, Sebastian, from captain of the palace guard to the rank of common soldier and banishes him to a remote coastal outpost where his fellow soldiers, weakened by their desires, turn to homosexual activities to satisfy their needs. Sebastian becomes the target of lust for the officer Severus, but repeatedly rejects the man's advances. Castigated for his Christian faith, he is tortured, humiliated and ultimately killed.
Sebastiane is a 1976 Latin-language British historical film directed by Derek Jarman and Paul Humfress and written by Jarman, Humfress and James Whaley. It portrays the events of the life of Saint Sebastian, including his iconic martyrdom by arrows. The film, which was aimed at a gay audience, was controversial for the homoeroticism portrayed between the soldiers and for having dialogue entirely in Latin.
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What does the cinematography of Sebastiane look like?
Sampled across 51 frames, the coverage of Sebastiane leans on medium shots (31% of the sample) and wide compositions (31%). Cinematographer Peter Middleton keeps 65% of it in naturalistic light. This is largely a daylight film — 75% of the frames play in daylight. Vintage glass shapes the frame. The production design places the film in the 1970s.
What is the color palette of Sebastiane?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Sebastiane (1976) are #363230, #a9988d, #d4d3ce, #cbb196, #524f48, #564b39 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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