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Side Effects (2013)

Directed by Steven Soderbergh · Cinematography by Steven Soderbergh

R106 min64 frames

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Side Effects (2013) movie still: establishing — An urban neighborhood with multi-story brick apartment buildings lines a quiet city street. A bus…Side Effects (2013) movie still: wide — An elevated linear park winds through a dense urban neighborhood of brick and glass. People stroll along the…Side Effects (2013) movie still: establishing — A tall, tan-colored multi-story concrete building sits in the background of a landscaped area. A…Side Effects (2013) movie still: establishing — An elevated highway curves through a dense urban environment under an overcast grey sky. Numerous…Side Effects (2013) movie still: medium — A man in a vest and tie sits at a table in a vast, stone-lined building. He checks his smartphone while a…Side Effects (2013) movie still: medium — A bustling New York city avenue viewed from an elevated vantage point with traffic. Two people lean on…Side Effects (2013) movie still: closeup — A printed psychological survey document features numbered rows with green-highlighted question lines. The…Side Effects (2013) movie still: wide — A sprawling green lawn stretches toward a white colonial house with an awning. A small group of people sits…Side Effects (2013) movie still: closeup — A woman sits in the passenger side of a moving vehicle. Reflection of bare tree branches is superimposed…Side Effects (2013) movie still: establishing — A tall multi-story beige building sits under a flat, overcast sky. Layers of razor wire form a tight…Side Effects (2013) movie still: medium — A spare, green-walled room contains two metal filing cabinets and a central wooden table. A man in a suit…Side Effects (2013) movie still: medium — A man and woman sit in a restaurant booth with a large window behind them. The interior is dark and lit…Side Effects (2013) movie still: closeup — A dimly lit indoor space with an out-of-focus background. A woman looks forward with a steady gaze.Side Effects (2013) movie still: medium — A dark gallery space features three television monitors mounted on a low white cabinet. A person in a dark…Side Effects (2013) movie still: wide — A wide concrete plaza with a trash bin and a metal planter container nearby. A man and a woman in business…Side Effects (2013) movie still: closeup — An interior space with a window overlooking a blurred cityscape. A man in a sweater stands looking toward…
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What is Side Effects about?

A woman turns to prescription medication as a way of handling her anxiety concerning her husband's upcoming release from prison.

Side Effects is a 2013 American crime thriller film directed by Steven Soderbergh and written by Scott Z. Burns. It stars Rooney Mara as a woman who is prescribed experimental drugs by psychiatrists after her husband is released from prison.

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What does the cinematography of Side Effects look like?

Sampled across 62 frames, the coverage of Side Effects leans on medium shots (32% of the sample) and close-ups (31%). Cinematographer Steven Soderbergh keeps 61% of it in soft, naturalistic light. Focus stays shallow in 68% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.

What is the color palette of Side Effects?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Side Effects (2013) are #33322e, #51534c, #928c75, #4e4a34, #2f271a, #afb2af — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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