Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989)
Directed by Shinya Tsukamoto · Cinematography by Shinya Tsukamoto, Kei Fujiwara
67 min50 frames
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What is Tetsuo: The Iron Man about?
A "metal fetishist", driven mad by the maggots wriggling in the wound he's made to embed metal into his flesh, runs out into the night and is accidentally run down by a Japanese businessman and his girlfriend. The pair dispose of the corpse in hopes of quietly moving on with their lives. However, the businessman soon finds that he is now plagued by a vicious curse that transforms his flesh into iron.
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What does the cinematography of Tetsuo: The Iron Man look like?
Across 50 sampled frames, Tetsuo: The Iron Man builds its coverage from close-ups (66% of the sample), with medium shots (16%) carrying much of the rest. Low angles recur throughout. Cinematographer Shinya Tsukamoto keeps 48% of it in hard-edged, chiaroscuro light. 46% of the frames play at night or in the failing light of dusk. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 78% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.
What is the color palette of Tetsuo: The Iron Man?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989) are #020202, #8c8c8c, #303030, #fefefe, #c9c9c9, #6a6a6a — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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