Beauty and the Beast (1979)
Directed by Juraj Herz · Cinematography by Jiří Macháně
91 min56 frames
FantasyHorrorRomance
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What is Beauty and the Beast about?
Julie, the youngest daughter of a bankrupt merchant, sacrifices her life in order to save her father. She goes to an enchanted castle in the woods and meets Netvor, a bird-like monster. As Netvor begins to fall in love with Julie, he must suppress his beastly urge to kill her.
Beauty and the Beast is a 1978 Czechoslovak Gothic horror film directed by Juraj Herz from the script by Pavla Marková. It is based on Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont's 1756 fairy tale Beauty and the Beast. It premiered on 2 March 1979.
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What does the cinematography of Beauty and the Beast look like?
Sampled across 55 frames, the coverage of Beauty and the Beast leans on close-ups (40% of the sample) and medium shots (31%). Cinematographer Jiří Macháně keeps 65% of it in soft, low-key light. Night and dusk account for 76% of the frames. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 82% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.
What is the color palette of Beauty and the Beast?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Beauty and the Beast (1979) are #111010, #2d2e2d, #4d504d, #271811, #d0c6ae, #47372c — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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