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The Reflecting Skin (1990)

Directed by Philip Ridley · Cinematography by Dick Pope

R96 min46 frames

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Sometimes terrible things happen quite naturally.

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The Reflecting Skin (1990) movie still: closeup — A full moon fills the center of the frame against a black night sky. The lunar surface displays…The Reflecting Skin (1990) movie still: medium — A sunlit grassy hill with dry vegetation under a clear sky. A young boy in a worn jacket stands in…The Reflecting Skin (1990) movie still: medium — A vast, open plain at sunset with a low horizon line under an orange sky. A child stands in the…The Reflecting Skin (1990) movie still: establishing — A vast, flat landscape extends to a distant horizon under a warm sky. The sun sits low at the…The Reflecting Skin (1990) movie still: wide — A vast field of mature golden wheat surrounds a solitary, weathered white farmhouse. Two young boys…The Reflecting Skin (1990) movie still: wide — An interior of a rustic barn with wooden walls and piles of scattered hay. Two young boys sit on hay…The Reflecting Skin (1990) movie still: wide — A gravel road stretches into the distance, flanked by tall, golden grass and utility poles. A lone…The Reflecting Skin (1990) movie still: establishing — The sun descends towards the flat line of the horizon during sunset. A thin layer of clouds…The Reflecting Skin (1990) movie still: medium — A child sits up in an iron-framed bed inside a dark room at night. The boy wears a white tank top…The Reflecting Skin (1990) movie still: closeup — A young boy's face is illuminated by a singular warm light source against blackness. He rests both…The Reflecting Skin (1990) movie still: medium — A domestic space features a plain wooden table and a window with sheer curtains. An elderly man…The Reflecting Skin (1990) movie still: medium — A field with a broken metal structure visible through a car window. A man in a leather jacket sits…The Reflecting Skin (1990) movie still: fullbody — An interior space features muted green walls decorated with various small framed pictures and…The Reflecting Skin (1990) movie still: medium — A dark, dimly lit indoor setting features a child resting on a soft bed. The child gazes at a…The Reflecting Skin (1990) movie still: medium — A cluttered room features a wooden desk with a skull and tea set. A woman in a grey robe reaches…The Reflecting Skin (1990) movie still: medium — Two young boys kneel in an open grassy field under a bright sky. They hold a large, light-colored…
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The Reflecting Skin — official trailer

What is The Reflecting Skin about?

In 1950s rural Idaho, a young boy watches helplessly as his friends and brother fall under the spell of a mysterious widow living up the road and becomes convinced that she is a vampire.

Where can you watch The Reflecting Skin?

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What does the cinematography of The Reflecting Skin look like?

Sampled across 46 frames, the coverage of The Reflecting Skin leans on medium shots (37% of the sample) and wide compositions (33%). Cinematographer Dick Pope keeps 59% of it in soft, naturalistic light. Golden-hour light is a recurring motif, appearing in 24% of the sample. Deep focus keeps foreground and background readable at once in 61% of the frames.

What is the color palette of The Reflecting Skin?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of The Reflecting Skin (1990) are #353128, #514839, #130e0b, #d5b074, #c7b690, #907755 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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  • #514839
  • #130e0b
  • #d5b074
  • #c7b690
  • #907755

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