Bad Times at the El Royale (2018)
Directed by Drew Goddard · Cinematography by Seamus McGarvey
R141 min53 frames
ThrillerMysteryCrimeDrama
Seven strangers. Seven secrets. All roads lead here.
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What is Bad Times at the El Royale about?
Lake Tahoe, 1969. Seven strangers, each one with a secret to bury, meet at El Royale, a decadent motel with a dark past. In the course of a fateful night, everyone will have one last shot at redemption.
Bad Times at the El Royale is a 2018 American neo-noir thriller film written, directed, and co-produced by Drew Goddard. The film stars Jeff Bridges, Cynthia Erivo, Dakota Johnson, Jon Hamm, Cailee Spaeny, Lewis Pullman, and Chris Hemsworth. The hyperlink-style film follows six strangers and an employee at the El Royale, a hotel located along the California–Nevada border, whose secrets intersect on a night in the late 1960s. The film explores themes of morality, faith, and redemption, with the state border and other visual elements symbolizing the concept of right and wrong.
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What does the cinematography of Bad Times at the El Royale look like?
Sampled across 52 frames, the coverage of Bad Times at the El Royale leans on medium shots (38% of the sample) and wide compositions (27%). Cinematographer Seamus McGarvey keeps 69% of it in soft, low-key light. Night and dusk account for 75% of the frames. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 62% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.
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