Velvet Buzzsaw (2019)
Directed by Dan Gilroy · Cinematography by Robert Elswit
R113 min62 frames
ThrillerMysteryHorror
All Art Is Dangerous
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What is Velvet Buzzsaw about?
Big money artists and mega-collectors pay a high price when art collides with commerce. After a series of paintings by an unknown artist are discovered, a supernatural force enacts revenge on those who have allowed their greed to get in the way of art.
Velvet Buzzsaw is a 2019 American satirical black comedy supernatural horror film directed and written by Dan Gilroy and starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Zawe Ashton, Rene Russo, Toni Collette, Daveed Diggs, Tom Sturridge, Natalia Dyer, Billy Magnussen, and John Malkovich. The film had its world premiere at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival on January 27.
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What does the cinematography of Velvet Buzzsaw look like?
Across 61 sampled frames, Velvet Buzzsaw builds its coverage from medium shots (48% of the sample), with close-ups (28%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Robert Elswit keeps 51% of it in soft, low-key light. 44% of the frames play at night or in the failing light of dusk. Focus stays shallow in 74% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.
What is the color palette of Velvet Buzzsaw?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Velvet Buzzsaw (2019) are #0d0f10, #2e2f2f, #f3f3f3, #d1d0cf, #54524f, #898c8d — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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