Camera Buff (1979)
Directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski · Cinematography by Jacek Petrycki
112 min65 frames
Drama
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What is Camera Buff about?
Filip buys an 8mm movie camera when his first child is born. Because it's the first camera in town, he's named official photographer by the local Party boss. His horizons widen when he is sent to regional film festivals with his first works but his focus on movie making also leads to domestic strife and philosophical dilemmas.
Camera Buff is a 1979 Polish comedy-drama film written and directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski and starring Jerzy Stuhr. The film is about a humble factory worker whose newfound hobby, amateur film, becomes an obsession, and transforms his modest and formerly contented life. Camera Buff won the Polish Film Festival Golden Lion Award and the FIPRESCI Prize and Golden Prize at the 11th Moscow International Film Festival, and the Berlin International Film Festival Otto Dibelius Film Award in 1980.
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What does the cinematography of Camera Buff look like?
Across 65 sampled frames, Camera Buff builds its coverage from medium shots (38% of the sample), with close-ups (35%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Jacek Petrycki keeps 68% of it in soft, naturalistic light. Daylight carries most of the picture. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 69% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings. The production design places the film in the 1970s.
What is the color palette of Camera Buff?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Camera Buff (1979) are #313230, #50514e, #91918e, #acadac, #70716f, #d1d0cc — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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