Days Of Heaven (1978)

Directed by Terrence Malick · Cinematography by Néstor Almendros

PG94 min61 frames

DramaRomance

She gave her hand to one man, but her heart to another.

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What is Days Of Heaven about?

In 1916, a Chicago steel worker accidentally kills his supervisor and flees to the Texas panhandle with his girlfriend and little sister to work harvesting wheat in the fields of a stoic farmer.

Where can you watch Days Of Heaven?

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What does the cinematography of Days Of Heaven look like?

Sampled across 61 frames, the coverage of Days Of Heaven leans on wide compositions (41% of the sample) and medium shots (30%). Cinematographer Néstor Almendros keeps 52% of it in soft, naturalistic light. Golden-hour light is a recurring motif, appearing in 21% of the sample. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Deep focus keeps foreground and background readable at once in 57% of the frames.

What is the color palette of Days Of Heaven?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Days Of Heaven (1978) are #0f0b0a, #39312c, #2a1810, #a68d71, #4e392e, #ceb090 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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