King of the Hill (1993)
Directed by Steven Soderbergh · Cinematography by Elliot Davis
PG-13103 min65 frames
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When the world turns upside down, the trick is coming out on top.
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King of the Hill — official trailer
What is King of the Hill about?
Based on the Depression-era bildungsroman memoir of writer A. E. Hotchner, the film follows the story of a boy struggling to survive on his own in a hotel in St. Louis after his mother is committed to a sanatorium with tuberculosis. His father, a German immigrant and traveling salesman working for the Hamilton Watch Company, is off on long trips from which the boy cannot be certain he will return.
Where can you watch King of the Hill?
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What does the cinematography of King of the Hill look like?
Across 65 sampled frames, King of the Hill builds its coverage from close-ups (45% of the sample), with medium shots (34%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Elliot Davis keeps 49% of it in soft, naturalistic light. Daylight carries most of the picture. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 82% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings. The production design places the film in the 1940s.
What is the color palette of King of the Hill?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of King of the Hill (1993) are #312518, #4a3929, #90704f, #373027, #6e5536, #16130f — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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