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Fireworks — official trailer
What is Fireworks about?
A dissatisfied dreamer awakes, goes out in the night seeking a 'light' and is drawn through the needle's eye. A dream of a dream, he returns to bed less empty than before.
Fireworks is a 1947 homoerotic experimental short film by Kenneth Anger. Filmed in his parents' home in Beverly Hills, California, over a long weekend while they were away, the film stars Anger and explicitly explores themes of homosexuality and sadomasochism. It is the earliest of his works to survive. Fireworks is known for being the first gay narrative film in the United States.
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Who stars in Fireworks?
Kenneth Angeras Dreamer (uncredited)- Gordon Grayas First Sailor (uncredited)
- Bill Seltzeras Second Sailor (uncredited)
Who made Fireworks?
What does the cinematography of Fireworks look like?
Across 12 sampled frames, Fireworks builds its coverage from close-ups, with medium shots carrying much of the rest. High angles recur throughout. The lighting keeps almost all of it in soft, low-key light. Much of the film play at night or in the failing light of dusk. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in most of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings. The production design places the film in the 1940s.
What is the color palette of Fireworks?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Fireworks (1947) are #000000, #fdfdfd, #cccccc, #313131, #858585, #a9a9a9 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
#000000#fdfdfd#cccccc#313131#858585#a9a9a9
See the full Fireworks colour palette — every hex with its share, plus warmth, saturation and luminance.
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