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Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002)

Directed by Park Chan-wook · Cinematography by Kim Byeong-il

R129 min50 frames

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Revenge was never this sweet.

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Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance — official trailer

What is Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance about?

A deaf man and his girlfriend resort to desperate measures in order to fund a kidney transplant for his sister. Things go horribly wrong, and the situation spirals rapidly into a cycle of violence and revenge.

Where can you watch Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance?

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What does the cinematography of Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance look like?

Sampled across 50 frames, the coverage of Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance leans on wide compositions (34% of the sample) and medium shots (30%). Cinematographer Kim Byeong-il keeps 68% of it in soft, naturalistic light. This is largely a daylight film — 76% of the frames play in daylight. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame.

What is the color palette of Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002) are #30312b, #53534b, #92918c, #d4d5d1, #adaea9, #a8a994 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

  • #30312b
  • #53534b
  • #92918c
  • #d4d5d1
  • #adaea9
  • #a8a994

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