Shutter Island (2010)

Directed by Martin Scorsese · Cinematography by Robert Richardson

R138 min53 frames

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Someone is missing.

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What is Shutter Island about?

World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by troubling visions and a mysterious doctor.

Shutter Island is a 2010 American neo-noir psychological thriller film directed by Martin Scorsese. The screenplay was adapted by Laeta Kalogridis from the 2003 novel by Dennis Lehane. It follows Deputy U.S. Marshal Edward "Teddy" Daniels and his partner Chuck, who come to the fictional Shutter Island in Boston Harbor to investigate its criminal psychiatric facility after one of its patients goes missing; Daniels has his own ulterior motives for taking the case. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Mark Ruffalo, with Ben Kingsley, Max von Sydow and Michelle Williams in supporting roles.

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What does the cinematography of Shutter Island look like?

Sampled across 53 frames, the coverage of Shutter Island leans on wide compositions (32% of the sample) and medium shots (28%). Cinematographer Robert Richardson keeps 49% of it in soft, low-key light. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. The production design places the film in the 1950s.

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The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Shutter Island (2010) are #2f302c, #53554e, #131210, #d2d2cc, #72716c, #45372d — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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