Gummo (1997)
Directed by Harmony Korine · Cinematography by Jean-Yves Escoffier
R89 min58 frames
DramaComedy
Prepare to visit a town you'd never want to call home.
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Gummo — official trailer
What is Gummo about?
Teenagers Solomon and Tummler kill time in Xenia, Ohio, a small town that has never recovered from the tornado that ravaged the community in the 1970s.
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What does the cinematography of Gummo look like?
Across 58 sampled frames, Gummo builds its coverage from medium shots (41% of the sample), with close-ups (26%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Jean-Yves Escoffier keeps 59% of it in soft, naturalistic light. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 55% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings. The production design places the film in the 1990s.
What is the color palette of Gummo?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Gummo (1997) are #34302d, #f3f1ed, #d2c8b5, #4d372b, #d3d3ca, #36484c — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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