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Apocalypse Now (1979)

Directed by Francis Ford Coppola · Cinematography by Vittorio Storaro

R147 min57 frames

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What is Apocalypse Now about?

At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, "does not exist, nor will it ever exist." His goal is to locate - and eliminate - a mysterious Green Beret Colonel named Walter Kurtz, who has been leading his personal army on illegal guerrilla missions into enemy territory.

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What does the cinematography of Apocalypse Now look like?

Sampled across 57 frames, the coverage of Apocalypse Now leans on wide compositions (32% of the sample) and medium shots (32%). Cinematographer Vittorio Storaro keeps 42% of it in soft, naturalistic light. Night and dusk account for 54% of the frames. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 56% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings. The production design places the film in the 1970s.

What is the color palette of Apocalypse Now?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Apocalypse Now (1979) are #0e0d0b, #323429, #4f4d34, #241a0d, #2e2714, #706d4d — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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