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Film & TV Production Company. Light and Dark Films is an international award winning film production company. We specialize in financing and producing prestige feature films for the international market.
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Light and Dark Films is an international award winning film...
- The Forgiven
Saban Films has acquired North American distribution rights...
- About Us
Light and Dark Films is an international award winning film production company. We specialize in developing, producing and financing prestige feature films for the international market.
Saban Films has acquired North American distribution rights to Roland Joffé’s South African drama “The Forgiven,” starring Forest Whitaker and Eric Bana. Joffe is directing from a script he co-wrote with Michael Ashton based on Ashton’s play “The Archbishop and The Antichrist.”
- Taxi Driver
- Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind
- Pan’s Labyrinth
- Children of Men
- The Films of Paul Thomas Anderson
Starting with one of the most iconic dark films of all time, Martin Scorsese’s seminal classic Taxi Driver is perhaps the textbook example of a visually dark and cold film. Featuring cinematography by the late Michael Chapman, Taxi Driveris a visual smorgasbord of dark, harsh colors, lights, and characters. Scorsese was inspired to create the speci...
While there were certainly plenty of dark, cerebral films over the past few decades, one that stands out still today is Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. This is in part simply because of genre, as Eternal Sunshine is one of the rare romantic genre films that forgoes the traditional bright, high-key styles you might associate with a love story...
Another modern film that turns traditional genre norms on its head, Pan’s Labyrinth is probably the darkest, scariest, and downright coldest fairytales of all time. A film for kids this is not. The dark blue and green film look of Pan’s Labyrinth should be instantly recognizable to anyone who’s seen the film. Spanish director Guillermo del Toro and...
One of my favorite dark and dreary films of all time, Alfonso Cuarón’s Children of Men is about as cold and gruesome as they come. The sci-fi action thrilleris set against a global depression caused by total human infertility. We meet our lead character Theo Faron (played by Clive Owen) who’s thrust into a struggle for the future of humanity, again...
Finally, even though this is only a list of the five most visually dark and cold films ever made, we’re going to cheat a bit for our last selection. Instead of focusing on just one of the films by Paul Thomas Anderson—like The Master, There Will Be Blood, Punch-Drunk Love, or Phantom Thread—we’re going to look at all of P.T. Anderson’s films at onc...
Jan 15, 2024 · First, film noir is characterized by its use of chiaroscuro lighting, which creates deep shadows and high contrast between light and dark. This lighting technique is often used to create a sense of mystery and tension in the film.
Jun 17, 2015 · From brightly lit outdoor shots to dark bluish light of a blizzard to the inkiest black of a tunnel entrance, this film showcases the master’s faultless eye. Lighting is arguably more important in those episodes shot outdoors.
Nov 17, 2023 · This list focuses on dark, bleak, tragic, gritty, weird, disturbing and/or sinister subject matters. thillers, horror, suspense, action, drama, sci-fi, docu-drama, gothic, mystery, crime, mob, drug, psychological, and even some comedy films are considered here. This might be the most complete list of multi-genre dark films ever created.
