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Multiple Maniacs (1970)

Directed by John Waters · Cinematography by John Waters

91 min29 frames

CrimeComedyHorror

A celluloid atrocity!

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Multiple Maniacs (1970) movie still: medium — A wooded area with bare trees and a house visible in the background. Three women stand side by side…Multiple Maniacs (1970) movie still: closeup — A close view inside a vehicle with an out-of-focus background showing distant buildings. A woman with…Multiple Maniacs (1970) movie still: closeup — An interior space features a wall calendar with printed dates and wine bottle imagery. An older woman…Multiple Maniacs (1970) movie still: medium — A man and a woman stand in a dense, bare-branched wooded area. They face each other in profile while…Multiple Maniacs (1970) movie still: medium — An outdoor location with blurred trees in the background during daylight hours. A man wearing a blazer…Multiple Maniacs (1970) movie still: fullbody — A brick building entrance with a decorative metal grate on the side window. Two people stand in the…Multiple Maniacs (1970) movie still: fullbody — A group of people dressed in historical Roman and ancient period costumes stand outdoors. The…Multiple Maniacs (1970) movie still: medium — Three women stand beneath a fabric canopy during an outdoor daytime event. They are clustered together…Multiple Maniacs (1970) movie still: medium — An interior space features a rough exposed brick wall behind a plush sofa. A person with theatrical…Multiple Maniacs (1970) movie still: medium — People sit on the ground beneath the rounded, light-colored fabric canopy of a tent. A woman stands on…Multiple Maniacs (1970) movie still: closeup — A dark, high-contrast environment frames the tight shot of a person. The individual yells with their…Multiple Maniacs (1970) movie still: medium — A vintage 1960s car is parked near trees on a bright day. A young man and woman are sitting in the…Multiple Maniacs (1970) movie still: medium — Two women sit side by side in a wooden church pew in the 1920s. They are positioned near each other…Multiple Maniacs (1970) movie still: medium — A person wearing a black top hat stands inside a light-colored canvas tent. They are tending to the…Multiple Maniacs (1970) movie still: medium — An outdoor fairground setting features a white tent positioned before a line of bare trees. A man in a…Multiple Maniacs (1970) movie still: fullbody — A sidewalk in an urban neighborhood lined with brick buildings and parked 1960s cars. A woman walks…
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Multiple Maniacs — official trailer

What is Multiple Maniacs about?

The Cavalcade of Perversion, a traveling freak show, acts as a front for Divine, who is out for blood after discovering her lover's affair.

Where can you watch Multiple Maniacs?

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What does the cinematography of Multiple Maniacs look like?

Sampled across 29 frames, the coverage of Multiple Maniacs leans on medium shots and close-ups. Cinematographer John Waters keeps most of it in soft, naturalistic light. This is largely a daylight film — most of the frames play in daylight. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in most of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.

What is the color palette of Multiple Maniacs?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Multiple Maniacs (1970) are #fbfbfb, #010101, #838383, #464646, #c6c6c6, #2f2f2f — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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  • #464646
  • #c6c6c6
  • #2f2f2f

See the full Multiple Maniacs colour palette — every hex with its share, plus warmth, saturation and luminance.

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