Mr. Arkadin (1955)
Directed by Orson Welles · Cinematography by Jean Bourgoin
93 min57 frames
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Discovering the past can be murder...
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What is Mr. Arkadin about?
Claiming that he doesn't know his own past, a rich man enlists an ex-con with an odd bit of detective work. Gregory Arkadin says he can't remember anything before the late 1920s, and convict Guy Van Stratten is happy to take the job of exploring his new acquaintance's life story. Guy's research turns up stunning details about his employer's past, and as his work seems linked to untimely deaths, the mystery surrounding Mr. Arkadin deepens.
Mr. Arkadin is a 1955 thriller film noir written, produced and directed by Orson Welles. It stars Welles, Robert Arden, Paola Mori, Michael Redgrave, Patricia Medina, Akim Tamiroff, Peter van Eyck, and Katina Paxinou. The film centers on an American smuggler (Arden) who is hired by a wealthy amnesiac, the titular Arkadin (Welles), to investigate his mysterious past.
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Sampled across 57 frames, the coverage of Mr. Arkadin leans on medium shots (42% of the sample) and close-ups (26%). The camera returns again and again to low angles. Cinematographer Jean Bourgoin keeps 35% of it in naturalistic light. Night and dusk account for 44% of the frames.
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The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Mr. Arkadin (1955) are #8d8d8d, #010101, #2f2f2f, #cbcbcb, #6c6c6c, #4d4d4d — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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