The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004)
Directed by Niels Mueller · Cinematography by Emmanuel Lubezki
R95 min63 frames
DramaHistoryThrillerCrime
The mad story of a true man.
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What is The Assassination of Richard Nixon about?
It’s 1974 and Sam Bicke has lost everything. His wife leaves him with his three kids, his boss fires him, his brother turns away from him, and the bank won’t give him any money to start anew. He tries to find someone to blame for his misfortunes and comes up with the President of the United States who he plans to murder.
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What does the cinematography of The Assassination of Richard Nixon look like?
Across 63 sampled frames, The Assassination of Richard Nixon builds its coverage from medium shots (51% of the sample), with close-ups (24%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki keeps 57% of it in soft, low-key light. 46% of the frames play at night or in the failing light of dusk. Focus stays shallow in 68% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.
What is the color palette of The Assassination of Richard Nixon?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004) are #2f2d2b, #534f4a, #111110, #d4d1cb, #d4c9b0, #938876 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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