Paper Moon (1971)
Directed by Peter Bogdanovich · Cinematography by László Kovács
PG102 min64 frames
ComedyCrimeDrama
As P.T. Barnum put it, "There's a sucker born every minute."
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Paper Moon — official trailer
What is Paper Moon about?
During the Great Depression, a con man finds himself saddled with a young girl who may or may not be his daughter, and the two forge an unlikely partnership.
Where can you watch Paper Moon?
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What does the cinematography of Paper Moon look like?
Sampled across 64 frames, the coverage of Paper Moon leans on medium shots (41% of the sample) and wide compositions (25%). Cinematographer László Kovács keeps 67% of it in soft, naturalistic light. This is largely a daylight film — 63% of the frames play in daylight. Deep focus keeps foreground and background readable at once in 61% of the frames.
What is the color palette of Paper Moon?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Paper Moon (1971) are #020202, #8a8a8a, #fdfdfd, #c9c9c9, #474747, #707070 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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