The Brother From Another Planet (1984)
Directed by John Sayles · Cinematography by Ernest R. Dickerson
R108 min65 frames
ComedyScience Fiction
He's not just another out-of-towner...
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What is The Brother From Another Planet about?
A mute alien with the appearance of a black human is chased by outer-space bounty hunters through the streets of Harlem.
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What does the cinematography of The Brother From Another Planet look like?
Sampled across 65 frames, the coverage of The Brother From Another Planet leans on medium shots (42% of the sample) and close-ups (26%). Cinematographer Ernest R. Dickerson keeps 65% of it in soft, low-key light. Night and dusk account for 65% of the frames. Focus stays shallow in 65% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.
What is the color palette of The Brother From Another Planet?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of The Brother From Another Planet (1984) are #2f2e2c, #121110, #52534f, #48372d, #2a231b, #8b796a — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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