Beware Of A Holy Whore (1971)

Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder · Cinematography by Michael Ballhaus

103 min64 frames

DramaComedy

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What is Beware Of A Holy Whore about?

Film director Jeff and his lead actor are taking their time getting to set. In their absence, the crew lack a purposeful way to spend their time waiting, so they drink heavily. However, as booze is downed and frustration sets in, morale hits rock bottom.

Beware of a Holy Whore is a 1971 West German drama film written and directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder that features Lou Castel, Eddie Constantine, Hanna Schygulla and Fassbinder himself. Fassbinder considered this to be his favorite of his own films.

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Across 64 sampled frames, Beware Of A Holy Whore builds its coverage from medium shots (48% of the sample), with wide compositions (27%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Michael Ballhaus keeps 52% of it in soft, naturalistic light. Vintage glass shapes the frame. The production design places the film in the 1970s.

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The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Beware Of A Holy Whore (1971) are #353230, #d5d2cb, #f5f5f1, #d4c8ae, #eae6d4, #ccb294 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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