The Silence (1963)
Directed by Ingmar Bergman · Cinematography by Sven Nykvist
R96 min60 frames
DramaRomance
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What is The Silence about?
Traveling through an unnamed European country on the brink of war, sickly, intellectual Ester, her sister Anna and Anna's young son, Johan, check into a near-empty hotel. A basic inability to communicate among the three seems only to worsen during their stay. Anna provokes her sister by enjoying a dalliance with a local man, while the boy, left to himself, has a series of enigmatic encounters that heighten the growing air of isolation.
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What does the cinematography of The Silence look like?
Sampled across 59 frames, the coverage of The Silence leans on medium shots (41% of the sample) and close-ups (41%). Cinematographer Sven Nykvist keeps 51% of it in soft, low-key light. Night and dusk account for 49% of the frames. Focus stays shallow in 69% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings. The production design places the film in the 1960s.
What is the color palette of The Silence?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of The Silence (1963) are #030303, #8b8b8b, #2f2f2f, #494949, #f9f9f9, #6e6e6e — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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