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The Killer Inside Me (2010)

Directed by Michael Winterbottom · Cinematography by Marcel Zyskind

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What is The Killer Inside Me about?

Deputy Sheriff Lou Ford is a pillar of the community in his small west Texas town, patient and apparently thoughtful. Some people think he is a little slow and maybe boring, but that is the worst they say about him. But then nobody knows about what Lou calls his "sickness": He is a brilliant, but disturbed sociopathic sadist.

The Killer Inside Me is a 2010 American crime drama and an adaptation of the 1952 novel by Jim Thompson. The film is directed by Michael Winterbottom and stars Casey Affleck, Jessica Alba, and Kate Hudson. It is the second film adaptation of Thompson's novel, the first being 1976's The Killer Inside Me, directed by Burt Kennedy.

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Sampled across 60 frames, the coverage of The Killer Inside Me leans on medium shots (40% of the sample) and close-ups (35%). Cinematographer Marcel Zyskind keeps 47% of it in soft, naturalistic light. Night and dusk account for 43% of the frames. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 68% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.

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