Insignificance (1985)
Directed by Nicolas Roeg · Cinematography by Peter Hannan
R109 min63 frames
DramaComedy
A comedy about life, death, sex, and the Universe... relatively speaking.
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What is Insignificance about?
Four 1950s icons meet in the same hotel room, and two of them discover more in common between them than they ever anticipated.
Insignificance is a 1985 British alternative history comedy drama film directed by Nicolas Roeg, and starring Gary Busey, Michael Emil, Theresa Russell, Tony Curtis, and Will Sampson. Adapted by Terry Johnson from his 1982 play of the same name, the film follows four famous characters who converge in a New York City hotel one night in 1954: The Ballplayer (Busey), The Professor (Emil), The Actress (Russell), and The Senator (Curtis), inspired by Joe DiMaggio, Albert Einstein, Marilyn Monroe, and Joseph McCarthy, respectively.
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What does the cinematography of Insignificance look like?
Across 62 sampled frames, Insignificance builds its coverage from medium shots (53% of the sample), with close-ups (29%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Peter Hannan keeps 55% of it in soft, low-key light. 69% of the frames play at night or in the failing light of dusk. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 77% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.
What is the color palette of Insignificance?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Insignificance (1985) are #322f2b, #f4f3f1, #53504a, #111112, #aa978b, #443633 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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