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David Arkin

David Arkin

3 films · 188 frames · top-billed in 1 · 19701975

Born 24 December 1941 · Los Angeles, California · died 14 January 1991

David Arkin was an American actor. He was best known for his roles in Robert Altman films, including Nashville, The Long Goodbye, and M*A*S*H.

How their films are shot

Measured across 188 frames from the 3 films we hold. This is the look of the work David takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 3 films we hold, 49% of their frames are day, 49% low key — the look of the work David takes.

Time of day

Day49%
Night46%
Interior4%

Lighting

Low key49%
Natural47%

Shot size

Medium51%
Wide29%
Closeup15%

Camera angle

Eye level94%
High angle4%

Mood

Neutral68%
Tense19%
Lonely7%

Films in the library

Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.

Often with

Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.

A reference database for filmmakers

FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 188 frames from David Arkin's 3 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.