Punishment Park (1971)
Directed by Peter Watkins · Cinematography by Joan Churchill
R91 min24 frames
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One of the most controversial films ever made.
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What is Punishment Park about?
In this fictional documentary, U.S. prisons are at capacity, and President Nixon declares a state of emergency. All new prisoners, most of whom are connected to the antiwar movement, are now given the choice of jail time or spending three days in Punishment Park, where they will be hunted for sport by federal authorities. The prisoners invariably choose the latter option, but learn that, between the desert heat and the brutal police officers, their chances of survival are slim.
Punishment Park is a 1971 American pseudo-documentary drama film written and directed by Peter Watkins. The film follows a British and West German film crew documenting National Guard soldiers and police as they pursue members of a counterculture group across a desert for draft evasion.
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Who stars in Punishment Park?
- Patrick Bolandas Tribunal Defendant
Carmen Argenzianoas Jay Kaufman (Tribunal Defendant)
Kent Foremanas Lee Robert Brown (Tribunal Defendant)
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What does the cinematography of Punishment Park look like?
Sampled across 24 frames, the coverage of Punishment Park leans on wide compositions and medium shots. Cinematographer Joan Churchill keeps most of it in naturalistic light. This is largely a daylight film — most of the frames play in daylight. Vintage glass shapes the frame, over a texture recalling 16mm. Deep focus keeps foreground and background readable at once in most of the frames. The production design places the film in the 1970s.
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The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Punishment Park (1971) are #373128, #948e73, #d8ccaf, #d1cfc9, #58584e, #8a7758 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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