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This Boy's Life (1993)

Directed by Michael Caton-Jones · Cinematography by David Watkin

R115 min187 frames

Drama

He looked like the ideal husband. He seemed like the perfect father. That's just what they needed. But that's not what they got.

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This Boy's Life (1993) movie still: medium — An outdoor area with a large out-of-focus tree and distant hills in the background. A young man wears a…This Boy's Life (1993) movie still: medium — A residential kitchen features white drawers, a metallic toaster, and a white porcelain sink. A person…This Boy's Life (1993) movie still: medium — People sit in wooden church pews arranged in rows. A young man in a plaid jacket sits in the foreground.This Boy's Life (1993) movie still: medium — A 1950s bedroom features comic books tacked to the wall near a bed. A teenage boy sits on the edge of…This Boy's Life (1993) movie still: medium — A 1960s office features wooden furniture, a rotary telephone, and patterned curtains by the window. A…This Boy's Life (1993) movie still: fullbody — Two teenagers in scout uniforms walk down a quiet nighttime sidewalk past a theater. The boys are…This Boy's Life (1993) movie still: closeup — A dark interior space with wooden beams and obscured background elements. A young man wearing a jacket…This Boy's Life (1993) movie still: closeup — A close view of a teenage boy standing against a textured stone wall. The boy looks directly at the…This Boy's Life (1993) movie still: medium — An narrow urban alleyway is filled with textured concrete walls and tangled power lines. A blue sedan…This Boy's Life (1993) movie still: medium — A 1940s wood-paneled office contains a desk with paper trays and documents. A balding middle-aged man…This Boy's Life (1993) movie still: wide — A bustling 1950s small-town sidewalk is lined with a hotel and a restaurant. Pedestrians dressed in…This Boy's Life (1993) movie still: closeup — An asphalt road surface extends across the lower portion of a sunlit frame. A dark car drives across…This Boy's Life (1993) movie still: wide — A dark, unpaved road winds through a densely wooded forest at night. A vintage car drives towards the…This Boy's Life (1993) movie still: medium — A domestic interior features a patterned throw over a sofa with a window in back. A teenage boy sits on…This Boy's Life (1993) movie still: wide — Dark wooden cabins sit nestled in a dense, unlit forest at night. Two older automobiles are parked…This Boy's Life (1993) movie still: wide — A dark, cavernous industrial space features exposed rafters and a large metal catwalk structure. Several…
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This Boy's Life — official trailer

What is This Boy's Life about?

When a son and mother move to Seattle in hopes for a better life, the mother meets a seemingly polite man. Things go south when the man turns out to be abusive, endangering their lives. As the mother struggles to maintain hope in an impossible situation, the son has plans to escape.

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What does the cinematography of This Boy's Life look like?

Sampled across 181 frames, the coverage of This Boy's Life leans on medium shots (65% of the sample) and wide compositions (17%). Cinematographer David Watkin keeps 65% of it in soft, naturalistic light. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 72% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.

What is the color palette of This Boy's Life?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of This Boy's Life (1993) are #35302c, #55514b, #928a76, #8b796d, #d5d1c7, #4e483a — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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