Chinese Roulette (1976)
Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder · Cinematography by Michael Ballhaus
86 min59 frames
Drama
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What is Chinese Roulette about?
Ariane and Gerhard Christ, a wealthy Munich couple, plan for the weekend on separate trips, lying to the other about their trysts. However, their itineraries are complicated when they both arrive at the family's country home with their respective lovers.
Chinese Roulette is a 1976 West German film written and directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. It stars Margit Carstensen, Ulli Lommel, and Anna Karina. The film, a bleak psychological drama, climaxes with a truth-guessing game, which gives the film its title. The plot follows a bourgeois married couple whose infidelities are exposed by their disabled child.
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Where can you watch Chinese Roulette?
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What does the cinematography of Chinese Roulette look like?
Across 59 sampled frames, Chinese Roulette builds its coverage from medium shots (42% of the sample), with close-ups (41%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Michael Ballhaus keeps 56% of it in soft, naturalistic light. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 66% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings. The production design places the film in the 1970s.
What is the color palette of Chinese Roulette?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Chinese Roulette (1976) are #312e2a, #d5d2ca, #534f47, #161412, #a59a89, #958976 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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