In a dimly lit police station, an old detective, notorious for being overly suspicious, is meticulously reviewing X-ray images of gallbladders scattered across his cluttered desk. The center focus is on the detective, his worn face deep in thought. The background is dominated by the greyish blue ambiance of the underlit room, the walls adorned with maps and pinned-up leads. Inset in foreground is an X-ray image, backlit by a small desk lamp, the complexities of the gallbladder and its rhachis-like tree structure clearly visible. The camera angle is low, almost at desk level, emphasizing the detective’s authority. In this static shot, everything else is blurred out, emphasizing the detective’s obsession with the minutiae. The balance in this scene is maintained by the light emanating from the desk lamp, contrasting the cool ambient light. The grain of the film in this shot manifests the murkiness of the investigation itself.