Snake Eyes (1998)
Directed by Brian De Palma · Cinematography by Stephen H. Burum
R98 min52 frames
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What is Snake Eyes about?
All bets are off when shady homicide cop Rick Santoro witnesses a murder during a boxing match. Determined to solve the crime, he quickly learns that his search for answers will only uncover yet more questions in an ever-widening web of conspiracy, intrigue, and danger.
Snake Eyes is a 1998 American mystery thriller film directed and produced by Brian De Palma. The film stars Nicolas Cage as Rick Santoro, a detective investigating a political assassination at a boxing match in Atlantic City, with supporting roles played by Gary Sinise, Carla Gugino, John Heard, Stan Shaw, Kevin Dunn, Joel Fabiani and Luis Guzmán. De Palma also devised the story with David Koepp, who was the sole writer of the screenplay. The musical score was composed by Ryuichi Sakamoto.
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What does the cinematography of Snake Eyes look like?
Sampled across 52 frames, the coverage of Snake Eyes leans on medium shots (58% of the sample) and close-ups (21%). Cinematographer Stephen H. Burum keeps 54% of it in soft, low-key light. Night and dusk account for 71% of the frames. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 69% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings. The production design places the film in the 1990s.
What is the color palette of Snake Eyes?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Snake Eyes (1998) are #2e2d2c, #100e10, #525250, #241512, #13142a, #f4f6f7 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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