Nightmare Alley (1947)
Directed by Edmund Goulding · Cinematography by Lee Garmes
Approved110 min53 frames
DramaThrillerCrime
He was all things to all men…But only one thing to all women!
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Nightmare Alley — official trailer
What is Nightmare Alley about?
A roustabout joins a traveling carny and schemes to figure out the mind-reading act of Mademoiselle Zeena and her alcoholic husband.
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What does the cinematography of Nightmare Alley look like?
Sampled across 52 frames, the coverage of Nightmare Alley leans on medium shots (62% of the sample) and close-ups (21%). Cinematographer Lee Garmes keeps 60% of it in hard-edged, low-key light. Night and dusk account for 81% of the frames. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 67% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings. The production design places the film in the 1940s.
What is the color palette of Nightmare Alley?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Nightmare Alley (1947) are #010101, #8e8e8e, #303030, #cacaca, #6b6b6b, #fcfcfc — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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