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Sunset Boulevard (1950)

Directed by Billy Wilder · Cinematography by John F. Seitz

Approved110 min62 frames

Drama

A Hollywood Story.

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Sunset Boulevard — official trailer

What is Sunset Boulevard about?

A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.

Sunset Boulevard is a 1950 American black comedy film noir directed by Billy Wilder and co-written by Wilder, Charles Brackett, and D. M. Marshman Jr. It is named after a major street that runs through Hollywood and western Los Angeles.

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What does the cinematography of Sunset Boulevard look like?

Sampled across 62 frames, the coverage of Sunset Boulevard leans on medium shots (50% of the sample) and wide compositions (23%). The camera returns again and again to high angles. Cinematographer John F. Seitz keeps 56% of it in soft, low-key light. Night and dusk account for 66% of the frames. Vintage glass shapes the frame. The production design places the film in the 1950s.

What is the color palette of Sunset Boulevard?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Sunset Boulevard (1950) are #030303, #303030, #8b8b8b, #cacaca, #fdfdfd, #474747 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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  • #303030
  • #8b8b8b
  • #cacaca
  • #fdfdfd
  • #474747

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