Lola (1981)
Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder · Cinematography by Xaver Schwarzenberger
R115 min64 frames
Drama
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What is Lola about?
Germany in the autumn of 1957: Lola, a seductive cabaret singer-prostitute exults in her power as a temptress of men, but she wants out—she wants money, property, and love. Pitting a corrupt building contractor against the new straight-arrow building commissioner, Lola launches an outrageous plan to elevate herself in a world where everything, and everyone, is for sale. Shot in childlike candy colors, Fassbinder’s homage to Josef von Sternberg’s classic The Blue Angel stands as a satiric tribute to capitalism.
Lola is a 1981 West German drama film directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, the third in his BRD Trilogy, preceded by The Marriage of Maria Braun (1978) and followed by Veronika Voss (1982). It is a loose adaptation of Heinrich Mann's Professor Unrat (1905), which had previously been adapted for Josef von Sternberg's The Blue Angel (1930).
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What does the cinematography of Lola look like?
Across 64 sampled frames, Lola builds its coverage from medium shots (55% of the sample), with close-ups (19%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Xaver Schwarzenberger keeps 66% of it in soft, low-key light. 64% of the frames play at night or in the failing light of dusk. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 66% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.
What is the color palette of Lola?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Lola (1981) are #120f0f, #362d2b, #2f0e0c, #d4d1ca, #52504a, #a59074 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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