Midnight Cowboy (1969)
Directed by John Schlesinger · Cinematography by Adam Holender
R113 min61 frames
Drama
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What is Midnight Cowboy about?
Joe Buck is a wide-eyed hustler from Texas hoping to score big with wealthy New York City women; he finds a companion in Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo, an ailing swindler with a bum leg and a quixotic fantasy of escaping to Florida.
Midnight Cowboy is a 1969 American drama film directed by John Schlesinger, adapted by Waldo Salt from the 1965 novel by James Leo Herlihy. The film stars Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight, with supporting roles played by Sylvia Miles, John McGiver, Brenda Vaccaro, Bob Balaban, Jennifer Salt and Barnard Hughes. Set in New York City, Midnight Cowboy depicts the unlikely friendship between two lost and lonely hustlers: naïve prostitute Joe Buck (Voight) and ailing con man Rico Rizzo (Hoffman), referred to as "Ratso".
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What does the cinematography of Midnight Cowboy look like?
Across 59 sampled frames, Midnight Cowboy builds its coverage from medium shots (39% of the sample), with close-ups (34%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Adam Holender keeps 46% of it in soft, low-key light. 49% of the frames play at night or in the failing light of dusk. The image texture recalls 16mm. Focus stays shallow in 71% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.
What is the color palette of Midnight Cowboy?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Midnight Cowboy (1969) are #322b2a, #120f0f, #504c47, #4c332e, #f6f6f5, #291715 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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