The Arrival of Joachim Stiller (1976)
Directed by Harry Kümel · Cinematography by Eduard van der Enden
120 min58 frames
Mystery
Stiller starts where knowing stops.
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What is The Arrival of Joachim Stiller about?
The film tells the story of Freek Groenevelt and Simone Marijnissen whose lives are taken over by Joachim Stiller.
The Arrival of Joachim Stiller is a 1976 Belgian film directed by Harry Kümel based on the book of the same name. It originally aired as three 50-minute episodes in Flanders. The Dutch broadcast it as one part, cutting out 45 minutes. Harry Kümel made a cinematic version of 110 minutes. The Flemish DVD release edits the three original TV episodes into one film with a runtime of 153 minutes at the request of the director, and includes Dutch, French and English subtitles.
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Sampled across 58 frames, the coverage of The Arrival of Joachim Stiller leans on close-ups (29% of the sample) and medium shots (26%). Cinematographer Eduard van der Enden keeps 52% of it in soft, naturalistic light. Night and dusk account for 47% of the frames.
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The dominant colors across the sampled frames of The Arrival of Joachim Stiller (1976) are #302d2b, #0c0b0a, #f4f5f5, #2b384c, #d4d2ce, #4c4c4b — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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