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Do The Right Thing (1989)

Directed by Spike Lee · Cinematography by Ernest R. Dickerson

R120 min60 frames

Drama

It's the hottest day of the summer. You can do nothing, you can do something, or you can...

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Do The Right Thing (1989) movie still: closeup — A close-up shot of a paper photograph featuring two men in suits. The photograph is embellished…Do The Right Thing (1989) movie still: medium — An interior space with dark walls and heavy curtains framing a window view. An older woman sits by…Do The Right Thing (1989) movie still: medium — Three men stand in front of a pizzeria storefront at night under a neon sign. They look intently…Do The Right Thing (1989) movie still: establishing — A dense urban residential street features brick apartment buildings and a large wall mural.…Do The Right Thing (1989) movie still: fullbody — A Brooklyn pizzeria storefront features large windows and a faded sign reading Sal's. One man…Do The Right Thing (1989) movie still: fullbody — A wooden staircase with a banister in a multi-story building. A man in a red shirt walks down the…Do The Right Thing (1989) movie still: medium — A small retail shop interior features wood paneled walls stocked with various medicine bottles. A…Do The Right Thing (1989) movie still: medium — A vibrant bedroom with lavender walls decorated with large ornamental butterfly cutouts. A woman…Do The Right Thing (1989) movie still: wide — An empty residential street at night is lined with brick buildings and tall trees. A lone man stands…Do The Right Thing (1989) movie still: medium — A pizzeria interior is filled with thick smoke and engulfed in bright flames. A man stands in the…Do The Right Thing (1989) movie still: medium — A radio station booth exterior featuring gold lettering and glass block windows. An older man in a…Do The Right Thing (1989) movie still: medium — A night city street features a brick facade with a clothesline draped with fabric. A person in a…Do The Right Thing (1989) movie still: medium — A man stands in front of a red brick building with dark metal stair railings. He looks forward…Do The Right Thing (1989) movie still: medium — A sunny Brooklyn city block features brownstone buildings and parked cars along the curb. Three…Do The Right Thing (1989) movie still: medium — An older man stands inside a store looking out a window onto a city street. A young man carries a…Do The Right Thing (1989) movie still: wide — A convenience store interior looking out at a building engulfed in orange flames. A man and woman…
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What is Do The Right Thing about?

Sal is the Italian owner of a pizzeria in Brooklyn. A neighborhood local, Buggin' Out, becomes upset when he sees that the pizzeria's Wall of Fame exhibits only Italian actors. Buggin' Out believes a pizzeria in a black neighborhood should showcase black actors, but Sal disagrees. The wall becomes a symbol of racism and hate to Buggin' Out and to other people in the neighborhood, and tensions rise.

Do the Right Thing is a 1989 American independent comedy-drama film produced, written and directed by Spike Lee. It features an ensemble cast that includes Lee, Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Richard Edson, Giancarlo Esposito, Bill Nunn, John Turturro and John Savage and is the feature film debut of Martin Lawrence and Rosie Perez. The story explores a Brooklyn neighborhood's simmering racial tension between its African-American residents and the Italian-American owners of a local pizzeria, culminating in tragedy and violence on a hot summer's day.

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What does the cinematography of Do The Right Thing look like?

Sampled across 60 frames, the coverage of Do The Right Thing leans on medium shots (58% of the sample) and wide compositions (18%). The camera returns again and again to low angles. Cinematographer Ernest R. Dickerson keeps 43% of it in soft, low-key light. Night and dusk account for 47% of the frames. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 68% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings. The production design places the film in the 1980s.

What is the color palette of Do The Right Thing?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Do The Right Thing (1989) are #2c140e, #4e332f, #151112, #edd2b1, #342f27, #8e5431 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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