The Cell (2000)

Directed by Tarsem Singh · Cinematography by Paul Laufer

R107 min58 frames

HorrorScience FictionThriller

Enter the mind of a killer.

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What is The Cell about?

A psychotherapist journeys inside a comatose serial killer in the hopes of saving his latest victim.

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What does the cinematography of The Cell look like?

Sampled across 58 frames, the coverage of The Cell leans on wide compositions (47% of the sample) and medium shots (22%). Cinematographer Paul Laufer keeps 36% of it in soft, high-key light. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Deep focus keeps foreground and background readable at once in 60% of the frames.

What is the color palette of The Cell?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of The Cell (2000) are #f6f5f6, #2d2e2f, #0a0c0c, #d5d3d1, #534d4b, #8d0e0e — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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