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Badlands (1973)

Directed by Terrence Malick · Cinematography by Brian Probyn, Tak Fujimoto, Stevan Larner

PG94 min59 frames

CrimeDramaRomance

In 1959 a lot of people were killing time. Kit and Holly were killing people.

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Badlands (1973) movie still: medium — A dark vehicle cabin at night with a man driving and a woman passenger. The man operates the steering wheel…Badlands (1973) movie still: wide — A makeshift wooden platform built within the branches of tall birch trees. A man and a woman rest on the…Badlands (1973) movie still: wide — A flat, sparsely vegetated plain stretches toward a small house and a single tree. Three people walk across the…Badlands (1973) movie still: medium — A dimly lit room with wallpaper featuring a faint floral pattern. A man and a woman face each other while…Badlands (1973) movie still: fullbody — Two individuals stand beside a pale sedan against a backdrop of a cloudy sky. The male leans against the…Badlands (1973) movie still: medium — A man and woman dance close together in complete darkness at night. The man in a denim jacket holds the woman…Badlands (1973) movie still: fullbody — A wooden shingled building exterior is cluttered with various vintage metal advertising signs. A barefoot…Badlands (1973) movie still: medium — A teenage girl sits in the back of a car in a desert landscape. She holds a magazine in front of her face…Badlands (1973) movie still: fullbody — An open grassy field contains a small red and white helicopter parked on the ground. A man crouches with a…Badlands (1973) movie still: wide — A wide grassy field under a vast blue sky with light wispy clouds. A man stands alone reaching towards a small…Badlands (1973) movie still: fullbody — A wooden porch of a yellow house with painted spindles and white trim. A young woman sits on the railing as…Badlands (1973) movie still: wide — A dimly lit room features a metal bed frame covered by a patterned quilt. A young girl sits on the mattress…Badlands (1973) movie still: wide — An open, flat expanse of desert terrain under a clouded sunset sky. A person works at a fenced oil wellhead…Badlands (1973) movie still: medium — The interior of a vintage automobile with light-colored upholstery and headliner. A young man and woman sit in…Badlands (1973) movie still: medium — A rural riverbank at golden hour features a muddy embankment with tall green reeds. A young man stands in…Badlands (1973) movie still: medium — A man stands outdoors at night next to the white roof of a car. He leans on the vehicle while looking toward…
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What is Badlands about?

An impressionable teenage girl from a dead-end town and her older greaser boyfriend embark on a killing spree in the South Dakota badlands.

Badlands is a 1973 American neo-noir period crime drama film written, produced and directed by Terrence Malick, in his directorial debut. The film stars Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek, and follows Kit Carruthers (Sheen), a 25-year-old who goes on a killing spree with his 15-year-old girlfriend Holly Sargis (Spacek). The film also stars Warren Oates and Ramon Bieri. While the story is fictional, it is loosely based on the real-life murder spree of Charles Starkweather and his girlfriend, Caril Ann Fugate, in 1958.

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What does the cinematography of Badlands look like?

Across 58 sampled frames, Badlands builds its coverage from medium shots (34% of the sample), with wide compositions (34%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Brian Probyn keeps 79% of it in soft, naturalistic light. Golden-hour light is a recurring motif, appearing in 17% of the sample. Vintage glass shapes the frame.

What is the color palette of Badlands?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Badlands (1973) are #32312c, #8b7867, #8d7157, #493b31, #b2a894, #d2cfc8 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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