Ms. 45 (1981)
Directed by Abel Ferrara · Cinematography by James Lemmo
R80 min60 frames
CrimeThrillerAction
She was abused and violated. It will never happen again!
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What is Ms. 45 about?
After being attacked and raped twice in one day, a timid, mute seamstress becomes a violent agent of revenge for wronged women.
Ms .45 is a 1981 American neo-noir exploitation thriller film directed by Abel Ferrara, written by Nicholas St. John, and starring Zoë Lund. It is a rape and revenge story about Thana (Lund), a mute woman who becomes a spree killer after she is raped twice in one day when going home from work.
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What does the cinematography of Ms. 45 look like?
Across 60 sampled frames, Ms. 45 builds its coverage from medium shots (47% of the sample), with close-ups (33%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer James Lemmo keeps 42% of it in soft, low-key light. 50% of the frames play at night or in the failing light of dusk. Focus stays shallow in 80% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.
What is the color palette of Ms. 45?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Ms. 45 (1981) are #322e2c, #0e0e0e, #d3d1cf, #545251, #f4f1ee, #a7998e — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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