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The Informant! (2009)

Directed by Steven Soderbergh · Cinematography by Steven Soderbergh

R108 min62 frames

DramaComedyCrime

Based on a tattle-tale

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What is The Informant! about?

A rising star at agri-industry giant Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), Mark Whitacre suddenly turns whistleblower. Even as he exposes his company’s multi-national price-fixing conspiracy to the FBI, Whitacre envisions himself being hailed as a hero of the common man and handed a promotion.

The Informant! is a 2009 American biographical black comedy film directed by Steven Soderbergh. Written by Scott Z. Burns, the film stars Matt Damon as the informant named Mark Whitacre, as well as Scott Bakula, Joel McHale and Melanie Lynskey.

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What does the cinematography of The Informant! look like?

Across 62 sampled frames, The Informant! builds its coverage from medium shots (45% of the sample), with wide compositions (34%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Steven Soderbergh keeps 48% of it in soft, naturalistic light. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame.

What is the color palette of The Informant!?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of The Informant! (2009) are #312d2c, #131311, #d0b491, #48372a, #d2d0cb, #8d6c50 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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