Rebel Without A Cause (1955)

Directed by Nicholas Ray · Cinematography by Ernest Haller

PG-13111 min65 frames

Drama

The bad boy from a good family.

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What is Rebel Without A Cause about?

After moving to a new town, troublemaking teen Jim Stark is supposed to have a clean slate, although being the new kid in town brings its own problems. While searching for some stability, Stark forms a bond with a disturbed classmate, Plato, and falls for local girl Judy. However, Judy is the girlfriend of neighborhood tough, Buzz. When Buzz violently confronts Jim and challenges him to a drag race, the new kid's real troubles begin.

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What does the cinematography of Rebel Without A Cause look like?

Across 62 sampled frames, Rebel Without A Cause builds its coverage from medium shots (63% of the sample), with wide compositions (19%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Ernest Haller keeps 77% of it in soft, low-key light. 77% of the frames play at night or in the failing light of dusk. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 69% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings. The production design places the film in the 1950s.

What is the color palette of Rebel Without A Cause?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Rebel Without A Cause (1955) are #100f11, #322d2c, #111827, #524e49, #271a17, #8d786b — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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