Paris Blues (1961)
Directed by Martin Ritt · Cinematography by Christian Matras
Approved98 min118 frames
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A love-spectacular so personally exciting, you feel it's happening to you!
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What is Paris Blues about?
During the 1960s, two American jazz musicians living in Paris meet and fall in love with two American tourist girls and must decide between music and love.
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What does the cinematography of Paris Blues look like?
Sampled across 118 frames, the coverage of Paris Blues leans on medium shots (68% of the sample) and wide compositions (15%). Cinematographer Christian Matras keeps 41% of it in soft, low-key light. Night and dusk account for 59% of the frames. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 57% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings. The production design places the film in the 1960s.
What is the color palette of Paris Blues?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Paris Blues (1961) are #010101, #fdfdfd, #858585, #c6c6c6, #464646, #313131 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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