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The Neon Bible (1995)

Directed by Terence Davies · Cinematography by Michael Coulter

91 min49 frames

Drama

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The Neon Bible (1995) movie still: medium — A dark movie house auditorium filled with rows of young people sitting together. The group watches a…The Neon Bible (1995) movie still: wide — A weathered wooden house with a metal-roofed porch stands against a rustic background. The structure…The Neon Bible (1995) movie still: medium — Four men in vintage attire perform on a dark, sparsely lit musical platform. Each man is playing a…The Neon Bible (1995) movie still: medium — A rustic shop interior features wooden shelves stocked with various canned goods and household items. A…The Neon Bible (1995) movie still: medium — A rural schoolhouse interior features wooden desks and large windows overlooking trees. Five children…The Neon Bible (1995) movie still: medium — A dark, spartan room features vertical iron bars across the window and floor. A young man crouches over…The Neon Bible (1995) movie still: medium — A woman stands in a doorway of a rustic wooden structure at night. She looks toward the side with a…The Neon Bible (1995) movie still: medium — A wooden auditorium is packed with a crowd of people sitting in tiered rows. A man stands in the…The Neon Bible (1995) movie still: medium — A teenage boy sits on a vehicle bench at night next to a window. The exterior outside the glass is…The Neon Bible (1995) movie still: wide — A steam locomotive travels across a wide, flat landscape under a dark, dusk sky. Thick, black exhaust…The Neon Bible (1995) movie still: medium — A man stands in a wooden frame looking out over an open grassy field. He tips his fedora hat with his…The Neon Bible (1995) movie still: medium — A boy sits inside a darkened vehicle during the night hours. He gazes through a glass window toward a…The Neon Bible (1995) movie still: medium — A woman sits on a porch at night in front of a dark window. She holds an open book while looking…The Neon Bible (1995) movie still: closeup — A close view of an American flag with horizontal stripes and a blue canton. The fabric ripples slightly…The Neon Bible (1995) movie still: medium — A wooden porch features horizontal timber walls, a screen door, and a wooden bench. A woman sits on a…The Neon Bible (1995) movie still: establishing — A dark, narrow interior hallway made of horizontal wooden planks leads to an exit. An open doorway…
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What is The Neon Bible about?

During a train ride, a teenager recalls his upbringing in 1940s small-town Georgia and the events that have led to this point.

The Neon Bible is a 1995 drama film written and directed by Terence Davies, based on the novel of the same name by John Kennedy Toole. The film is about a boy named David coming of age in Georgia in the 1940s. His abusive father enlists in the army during World War II and disappears, leaving David to take care of his mother with his Aunt Mae, who is a singer. It was filmed in Atlanta, Crawfordville and Madison, Georgia.

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What does the cinematography of The Neon Bible look like?

Across 49 sampled frames, The Neon Bible builds its coverage from medium shots (73% of the sample), with wide compositions (16%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Michael Coulter keeps 47% of it in soft, low-key light. 59% of the frames play at night or in the failing light of dusk. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 63% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.

What is the color palette of The Neon Bible?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of The Neon Bible (1995) are #35322b, #0f0e0d, #706956, #56534c, #938876, #251b15 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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