The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (2023)
Directed by Wes Anderson · Cinematography by Robert D. Yeoman
PG40 min40 frames
ComedyFantasyDrama
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A rich man learns about a guru who can see without using his eyes. He sets out to master the skill in order to cheat at gambling.
Roald Dahl's The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, or simply The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, is a 2023 American fantasy short film written, co-produced, and directed by Wes Anderson, based on the 1977 short story "The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar" by Roald Dahl. It is the second film adaptation of a Dahl work directed by Anderson, following Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009). It stars Benedict Cumberbatch as the titular character alongside Ralph Fiennes, Dev Patel, Ben Kingsley, and Richard Ayoade. The story sees a rich man learning about a clairvoyant guru who could see without using his eyes through the power of a particular form of Yoga, then setting out to master the skill in order to cheat at gambling.
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What does the cinematography of The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar look like?
Across 40 sampled frames, The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar builds its coverage from medium shots (60% of the sample), with wide compositions (20%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Robert D. Yeoman keeps 63% of it in soft, high-key light. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Deep focus keeps foreground and background readable at once in 68% of the frames. The production design places the film in the 1940s.
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The dominant colors across the sampled frames of The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (2023) are #2e2f2f, #f6f6f0, #ebe9d3, #d3d6cd, #d8a551, #cdcbb5 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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