Scenes without Tyler were toned down to look washed out and more 'real'. They used a lot of de-saturated colours in the set, wardrobe and make-up.
Natural or ‘real’ lighting was used as much as possible (city lights and fluorescence). Colours within the film are garish and loud, but are made to appear mundane and drab.
Some scenes were purposefully darkened to hide the characters’ eyes (reference to Gordon Willis’ technique). Film processing later stretched the contrast (making it ugly), underexposed the print (making it darker), resilvered (which increases density) and a dirty patina was added.
Cinematographer Jeff Cronenweth.
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