Purple Noon (Plein Soleil) (1960)
Directed by René Clément · Cinematography by Henri Decaë
PG-13118 min62 frames
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Passion at ten. Envy at eleven. Murder at noon.
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Tom Ripley is a talented mimic, moocher, forger and all-around criminal improviser; but there's more to Tom Ripley than even he can guess.
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What does the cinematography of Purple Noon (Plein Soleil) look like?
Across 62 sampled frames, Purple Noon (Plein Soleil) builds its coverage from medium shots (34% of the sample), with wide compositions (31%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Henri Decaë keeps 73% 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. The production design places the film in the 1960s.
What is the color palette of Purple Noon (Plein Soleil)?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Purple Noon (Plein Soleil) (1960) are #53504b, #2e2e2d, #d3d2cc, #537690, #d5caaf, #f3eee9 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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