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Undertow (2004)

Directed by David Gordon Green · Cinematography by Tim Orr

R108 min61 frames

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Undertow (2004) movie still: wide — A sprawling outdoor scrapyard filled with heaps of crushed cars and metallic debris. Two men stand in the center…Undertow (2004) movie still: wide — A vast, grassy meadow under a cloudy sky stretches toward a distant tree line. Two people walk side by side…Undertow (2004) movie still: wide — A vast, flat grassy field with patches of darker vegetation and dry earth. A lone person walks across the center…Undertow (2004) movie still: fullbody — A rural setting features a yellow wooden structure with peeling paint and tall grass. An older boy holds a…Undertow (2004) movie still: closeup — The interior of a vehicle at night with dark wood paneling visible. A man wearing a sheepskin coat sits in…Undertow (2004) movie still: medium — A man sits on a wooden deck in front of an outdoor pasture area. A second figure stands in the blurry…Undertow (2004) movie still: wide — A muddy construction or excavation site with soft earth and puddles. A young boy stands on the ground while an…Undertow (2004) movie still: closeup — A man's face is shown against a dark, undifferentiated background. He looks forward with an steady, neutral…Undertow (2004) movie still: medium — A dimly lit 1940s bedroom has wallpaper, a dark wooden bed frame, and lamps. A man in thermal clothing kneels…Undertow (2004) movie still: establishing — A long, unpaved dirt road flanked by dense green foliage on both sides. Cloudy sky hangs over the…Undertow (2004) movie still: medium — A narrow residential staircase with plain plaster walls and wooden trim. Two boys stand together in the…Undertow (2004) movie still: wide — A dusty unpaved road is flanked by dense green foliage under a warm sky. A vintage car drives towards the…Undertow (2004) movie still: medium — A dimly lit room with lace curtains visible behind a man sitting in a chair. The man lights a pipe while…Undertow (2004) movie still: closeup — An interior space with muted colors and a dark background. A young man stares directly ahead with a still,…Undertow (2004) movie still: medium — This is a close-up section of a textured oil painting depicting a family group. The figures are rendered with…Undertow (2004) movie still: wide — A dark junkyard is filled with rusted, salvaged truck parts and abandoned vehicle frames. Two people sit quietly…
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Undertow — official trailer

What is Undertow about?

The Munns, father John and sons Chris and Tim, recede to the woods of rural Georgia. Their life together is forever changed with the arrival of Uncle Deel, though the tragedy that follows forces troubled Chris to become a man.

Undertow is a 2004 American Southern Gothic psychological thriller film directed by David Gordon Green, who cowrote the film's screenplay with Joe Conway based on an original story by Terrence Malick. Starring Jamie Bell, Devon Alan, Dermot Mulroney and Josh Lucas, the film tells the story of two boys and their farmer father being pursued by a murderous uncle in rural Georgia.

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Where can you watch Undertow?

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What does the cinematography of Undertow look like?

Sampled across 60 frames, the coverage of Undertow leans on wide compositions (32% of the sample) and medium shots (30%). Cinematographer Tim Orr keeps 63% of it in soft, naturalistic light. This is largely a daylight film — 68% of the frames play in daylight. Vintage glass shapes the frame.

What is the color palette of Undertow?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Undertow (2004) are #323129, #514c37, #756d54, #54544b, #2b281a, #8e8d74 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

  • #323129
  • #514c37
  • #756d54
  • #54544b
  • #2b281a
  • #8e8d74

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