Howl (2010)
Directed by Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman · Cinematography by Edward Lachman
R84 min64 frames
Drama
The Obscenity Trial That Started a Revolution. The Poem That Rocked a Generation.
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Howl — official trailer
What is Howl about?
It's San Francisco in 1957, and an American masterpiece is put on trial. Howl, the film, recounts this dark moment using three interwoven threads: the tumultuous life events that led a young Allen Ginsberg to find his true voice as an artist, society's reaction (the obscenity trial), and mind-expanding animation that echoes the startling originality of the poem itself. All three coalesce in a genre-bending hybrid that brilliantly captures a pivotal moment-the birth of a counterculture.
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What does the cinematography of Howl look like?
Across 64 sampled frames, Howl builds its coverage from medium shots (53% of the sample), with close-ups (22%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Edward Lachman keeps 41% of it in soft, naturalistic light. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 63% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.
What is the color palette of Howl?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Howl (2010) are #30322d, #0c0e0b, #d2d1ce, #4f504c, #8e8f8b, #afafab — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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