Pearls of the Deep (1965)
Directed by Evald Schorm, Věra Chytilová, Jiří Menzel, Jaromil Jireš, Jan Němec · Cinematography by Jaroslav Kučera
107 min63 frames
Comedy
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What is Pearls of the Deep about?
A quintet of vignettes based on short stories by Bohumil Hrabal: an eventful trip to the motorcycle races results in drunkenness, long-winded discussions, and death; two elderly men create false biographies; insurance agents visit an eccentric painter/goat farmer and his mother; guests at a wedding reception remain oblivious to outlying misery; and a working-class boy romances a Roma girl.
Pearls of the Deep is a 1966 Czechoslovak anthology film directed by Jiří Menzel, Jan Němec, Evald Schorm, Věra Chytilová and Jaromil Jireš. The five segments are all based on short stories by Bohumil Hrabal. The film was released in Czechoslovakia on 7 January 1966.
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What does the cinematography of Pearls of the Deep look like?
Across 63 sampled frames, Pearls of the Deep builds its coverage from medium shots (40% of the sample), with wide compositions (33%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Jaroslav Kučera keeps 75% of it in soft, naturalistic light. Daylight carries most of the picture. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 56% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.
What is the color palette of Pearls of the Deep?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Pearls of the Deep (1965) are #4d4d4c, #8b8b8b, #2e2d2c, #080707, #cecece, #afafae — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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