The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
Directed by Vincente Minnelli · Cinematography by Robert Surtees
Approved118 min65 frames
DramaRomance
I took you out of the gutter... I can fling you back!
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What is The Bad and the Beautiful about?
Told in flashback form, the film traces the rise and fall of a tough, ambitious Hollywood producer, Jonathan Shields, as seen through the eyes of various acquaintances, including a writer, James Lee Bartlow; a star, Georgia Lorrison; and a director, Fred Amiel. He is a hard-driving, ambitious man who ruthlessly uses everyone on the way to becoming one of Hollywood's top movie makers.
The Bad and the Beautiful is a 1952 American melodrama film that tells the story of a film producer who alienates everyone around him. The film was directed by Vincente Minnelli, written by George Bradshaw and Charles Schnee and stars Lana Turner, Kirk Douglas, Walter Pidgeon, Dick Powell, Barry Sullivan, Gloria Grahame and Gilbert Roland.
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What does the cinematography of The Bad and the Beautiful look like?
Sampled across 64 frames, the coverage of The Bad and the Beautiful leans heavily on medium shots (67% of the sample). Cinematographer Robert Surtees keeps 56% of it in soft, low-key light. Night and dusk account for 56% of the frames. Vintage glass shapes the frame.
What is the color palette of The Bad and the Beautiful?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) are #010101, #303030, #8c8c8c, #cbcbcb, #6f6f6f, #fdfdfd — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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