Soylent Green (1973)

Directed by Richard Fleischer · Cinematography by Richard H. Kline

PG97 min60 frames

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It's the year 2022. People are still the same. They'll do anything to get what they need. And they need Soylent Green.

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What is Soylent Green about?

In the year 2022, overcrowding, pollution, and resource depletion have reduced society’s leaders to finding food for the teeming masses. The answer is Soylent Green.

Where can you watch Soylent Green?

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What does the cinematography of Soylent Green look like?

Sampled across 60 frames, the coverage of Soylent Green leans on medium shots (42% of the sample) and wide compositions (27%). Cinematographer Richard H. Kline keeps 55% of it in soft, low-key light. Night and dusk account for 58% of the frames. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 55% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings. The production design places the film in the 1970s.

What is the color palette of Soylent Green?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Soylent Green (1973) are #33312c, #120f0f, #52524c, #908e76, #d3d3cc, #d1ccb0 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

  • #33312c
  • #120f0f
  • #52524c
  • #908e76
  • #d3d3cc
  • #d1ccb0

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