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Barbarella (1968)

Directed by Roger Vadim · Cinematography by Claude Renoir

PG98 min62 frames

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Barbarella (1968) movie still: closeup — A close up shows a woman wearing a spherical glass space helmet. The background consists of a textured…Barbarella (1968) movie still: closeup — A person lies on a dark, thick-pile rug covered by a textured fur wrap. The woman rests her head back…Barbarella (1968) movie still: closeup — A character sits inside a red, shell-like seat with dark purple background elements. The man leans forward…Barbarella (1968) movie still: fullbody — A desolate rocky terrain with uneven ground and dark stone walls in the background. A winged man stands…Barbarella (1968) movie still: medium — A dark, futuristic room featuring a transparent glass conduit and technical wall panels. Two men stand…Barbarella (1968) movie still: closeup — A semi-translucent, ribbed plastic membrane stretches across the frame obscuring internal contents. Subtle…Barbarella (1968) movie still: medium — A woman stands in front of a wall covered in brown fur. She holds a complex metallic object featuring…Barbarella (1968) movie still: wide — A futuristic laboratory features glass partitions and large glass liquid containers on pedestals. A blonde…Barbarella (1968) movie still: wide — A surreal chamber with metallic walls illuminated by vibrant purple light and dark shadows. A woman is trapped…Barbarella (1968) movie still: wide — A dark subterranean chamber with curved walls and water covering the floor. A male figure operates a metallic…Barbarella (1968) movie still: wide — A vast vaulted hall with ribbed walls resembles the inside of a massive skeleton. Two women stand on a flooded…Barbarella (1968) movie still: wide — A woman looks out from a large pink, futuristic metallic vessel structure. She stands within a round portal on…Barbarella (1968) movie still: wide — A flat white frozen landscape stretches toward a backdrop of jagged, ice-like structures. A woman in silver…Barbarella (1968) movie still: medium — A dark industrial space is filled with large, transparent plastic-filled bags. A woman wearing an eye patch…Barbarella (1968) movie still: wide — An abstract, dark environment features a large, glowing, organic-shaped light source on a wall. A woman walks…Barbarella (1968) movie still: wide — A group stands on a platform surrounded by metallic textures and billowing white fabric sheets. The figures…
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What is Barbarella about?

In the far future, a highly sexual woman is tasked with finding and stopping the evil Durand-Durand. Along the way she encounters various unusual people.

Barbarella is a 1968 English-language science fiction film directed by Roger Vadim, based on the French comic series by Jean-Claude Forest. The film stars Jane Fonda as the title character, a space traveler and representative of the United Earth government sent to find scientist Dr. Durand Durand, who has created a weapon that could destroy humanity. The supporting cast includes John Phillip Law, Anita Pallenberg, Milo O'Shea, Marcel Marceau, Claude Dauphin, David Hemmings and Ugo Tognazzi.

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What does the cinematography of Barbarella look like?

Sampled across 62 frames, the coverage of Barbarella leans on medium shots (37% of the sample) and wide compositions (32%). Cinematographer Claude Renoir keeps 40% of it in soft, low-key light. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 60% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings. The production design places the film in the 1960s.

What is the color palette of Barbarella?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Barbarella (1968) are #0d0b0c, #d3d0ce, #362d2d, #4a322d, #f5f5f2, #ccae8e — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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