Papillon (1973)
Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner · Cinematography by Fred J. Koenekamp
R151 min62 frames
CrimeDrama
The greatest adventure of escape!
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What is Papillon about?
A man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful prison island, which inspires the man to plot his escape.
Papillon is a 1973 historical adventure drama prison film directed by Franklin J. Schaffner. The screenplay by Dalton Trumbo and Lorenzo Semple Jr. was based on the 1969 autobiography by the French convict Henri Charrière. The film stars Steve McQueen as Charrière ("Papillon") and Dustin Hoffman as Louis Dega. Because it was filmed at remote locations, the film was expensive for the time ($12 million), but it earned more than twice that in its first year of release. The film's title is French for "Butterfly", referring to Charrière's tattoo and nickname.
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What does the cinematography of Papillon look like?
Across 62 sampled frames, Papillon builds its coverage from medium shots (32% of the sample), with wide compositions (32%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Fred J. Koenekamp keeps 61% of it in hard-edged, naturalistic light. Daylight carries most of the picture. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Deep focus keeps foreground and background readable at once in 66% of the frames.
What is the color palette of Papillon?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Papillon (1973) are #32312e, #57534c, #908a74, #d1c6b1, #8e8f8b, #b6a992 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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