Lolita (1962)
Directed by Stanley Kubrick · Cinematography by Oswald Morris, Robert Gaffney
Approved153 min65 frames
DramaComedy
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What is Lolita about?
Humbert Humbert is a middle-aged British novelist who is both appalled by and attracted to the vulgarity of American culture. When he comes to stay at the boarding house run by Charlotte Haze, he soon becomes obsessed with Lolita, the woman's teenaged daughter.
Lolita is a 1962 black comedy-psychological drama film directed by Stanley Kubrick, based on the 1955 novel by Vladimir Nabokov. The black-and-white film follows a middle-aged literature professor who develops an infatuation with an adolescent. It stars James Mason as Humbert Humbert, Shelley Winters as Mrs. Haze, Peter Sellers as Quilty, and Sue Lyon as Dolores "Lolita" Haze.
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What does the cinematography of Lolita look like?
Across 65 sampled frames, Lolita builds its coverage from medium shots (51% of the sample), with close-ups (18%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Oswald Morris keeps 40% of it in soft, naturalistic light. 52% of the frames play at night or in the failing light of dusk. Focus stays shallow in 58% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings. The production design places the film in the 1960s.
What is the color palette of Lolita?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Lolita (1962) are #020202, #fafafa, #8a8a8a, #313131, #c9c9c9, #484848 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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