Bus Stop (1956)
Directed by Joshua Logan · Cinematography by Milton Krasner
Approved96 min59 frames
ComedyDramaRomance
Give this boy enough rope and he'll land Marilyn Monroe!
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What is Bus Stop about?
Cowboys Beauregard Decker and Virgil Blessing attend a rodeo in Phoenix, where Decker falls in love with beautiful cafe singer Cherie. He wants to take Cherie back to his native Montana and marry her, but she dreams of traveling to Hollywood and becoming famous. When she resists his advances, Decker forces Cherie onto the bus back to Montana with him, but, when the bus makes an unscheduled stop due to bad weather, the tables are turned.
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What does the cinematography of Bus Stop look like?
Sampled across 59 frames, the coverage of Bus Stop leans on medium shots (58% of the sample) and wide compositions (27%). Cinematographer Milton Krasner keeps 46% of it in soft, low-key light. Night and dusk account for 49% of the frames. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 58% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings. The production design places the film in the 1950s.
What is the color palette of Bus Stop?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Bus Stop (1956) are #302e2b, #8d7055, #ac9275, #eeedeb, #d7d4d1, #43352d — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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