The Insider (1999)
Directed by Michael Mann · Cinematography by Dante Spinotti
R157 min64 frames
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Two men driven to tell the truth … whatever the cost.
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What is The Insider about?
A research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a 60 Minutes exposé on Big Tobacco.
The Insider is a 1999 American biographical thriller film directed by Michael Mann and written by Mann and Eric Roth, based on Marie Brenner's 1996 Vanity Fair article "The Man Who Knew Too Much". The film stars Al Pacino, Russell Crowe, Christopher Plummer, Bruce McGill, Diane Venora and Michael Gambon.
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What does the cinematography of The Insider look like?
Sampled across 64 frames, the coverage of The Insider leans on medium shots (47% of the sample) and close-ups (33%). Cinematographer Dante Spinotti keeps 59% of it in soft, low-key light. Night and dusk account for 50% of the frames. Focus stays shallow in 75% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.
What is the color palette of The Insider?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of The Insider (1999) are #0d0f10, #2f302e, #4d524e, #d4d5d3, #081b2d, #17292e — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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