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Mulholland Drive (2001)

Directed by David Lynch · Cinematography by Peter Deming

R147 min64 frames

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What is Mulholland Drive about?

Blonde Betty Elms has only just arrived in Hollywood to become a movie star when she meets an enigmatic brunette with amnesia. Meanwhile, as the two set off to solve the second woman's identity, filmmaker Adam Kesher runs into ominous trouble while casting his latest project.

Mulholland Drive is a 2001 mystery film written and directed by David Lynch. Its narrative is characterized by surrealist and neo-noir elements, and follows an aspiring actress newly arrived in Los Angeles, where she befriends a car crash victim who is suffering from amnesia. Meanwhile, a Hollywood director must deal with interference from the criminal underworld while casting his latest film.

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What does the cinematography of Mulholland Drive look like?

Sampled across 59 frames, the coverage of Mulholland Drive leans on close-ups (47% of the sample) and medium shots (31%). Cinematographer Peter Deming keeps 71% of it in soft, low-key light. Night and dusk account for 64% of the frames. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 75% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.

What is the color palette of Mulholland Drive?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Mulholland Drive (2001) are #131110, #342e2b, #4b342e, #52504d, #251513, #8b786f — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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