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News From Home (1977)

Directed by Chantal Akerman · Cinematography by Jim Asbell, Babette Mangolte

85 min51 frames

Documentary

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Stills, screencaps & shots from News From Home

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News From Home (1977) movie still: establishing — A narrow city street is enclosed by tall brick buildings with iron fire escapes. A brown sedan is…News From Home (1977) movie still: establishing — The New York City skyline is silhouetted against a heavy, gray overcast sky. Three seagulls fly…News From Home (1977) movie still: wide — An urban street intersection at night with store fronts and red neon signage. Several cars travel along…News From Home (1977) movie still: fullbody — A dark, teal-lit exterior of a small storefront with a white brick facade. An elderly man sits on a…News From Home (1977) movie still: wide — A dimly lit 1970s style diner with an empty curved counter and polished surface. Rows of dark stools line…News From Home (1977) movie still: establishing — A view of the lower Manhattan skyline under a heavy, overcast grey sky. Several dark skyscrapers…News From Home (1977) movie still: medium — A small storefront interior at night features bright lime-green walls and dark menu boards. A man in a…News From Home (1977) movie still: establishing — A subway platform wall features white tiles and a black 'NEW YORK' mosaic sign. A blue vertical…News From Home (1977) movie still: medium — A night newsstand interior is lit by overhead fluorescent lights casting a greenish tint. A man in a…News From Home (1977) movie still: wide — A wide view of a New York City avenue with office buildings and pedestrians. People walk along the wide…News From Home (1977) movie still: wide — An interior of a 1970s New York City subway car with green-painted walls and graffiti. Passengers sit in…News From Home (1977) movie still: wide — A low-rise urban brick building features dark windows and recessed entrance alcoves. Two vintage…News From Home (1977) movie still: wide — A subway platform features blue pillars and a snack stand labeled with colorful signage. A man stands at…News From Home (1977) movie still: fullbody — A Times Square subway platform features white tiled walls and blue-painted steel support pillars. A…News From Home (1977) movie still: wide — A narrow city street is flanked by tall, brown brick apartment buildings with fire escapes. A young person…News From Home (1977) movie still: fullbody — A rain-slicked city street at night features buildings under dim street lighting. A man stands on the…
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News From Home — official trailer

What is News From Home about?

Impersonal and beautiful images of Akerman's life in New York are combined with letters from her loving but manipulative mother, read by Akerman herself.

Where can you watch News From Home?

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What does the cinematography of News From Home look like?

Sampled across 51 frames, the coverage of News From Home leans on wide compositions (43% of the sample) and establishing shots (35%). Cinematographer Jim Asbell keeps 69% of it in naturalistic light. Night and dusk account for 49% of the frames. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Deep focus keeps foreground and background readable at once in 100% of the frames. The production design places the film in the 1970s.

What is the color palette of News From Home?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of News From Home (1977) are #2f302f, #52514f, #91918e, #384853, #71736e, #aaafab — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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  • #52514f
  • #91918e
  • #384853
  • #71736e
  • #aaafab

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