The Beaches of Agnès (2008)
Directed by Agnès Varda · Cinematography by Arlene Nelson, Agnès Varda, Alain Sakot, Hélène Louvart, Julia Fabry, Jean-Baptiste Morin
112 min58 frames
Documentary
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What is The Beaches of Agnès about?
Filmmaking icon Agnès Varda, the award-winning director regarded by many as the grandmother of the French new wave, turns the camera on herself with this unique autobiographical documentary. Composed of film excerpts and elaborate dramatic re-creations, Varda's self-portrait recounts the highs and lows of her professional career, the many friendships that affected her life and her longtime marriage to cinematic giant Jacques Demy.
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What does the cinematography of The Beaches of Agnès look like?
Sampled across 58 frames, the coverage of The Beaches of Agnès leans on wide compositions (33% of the sample) and full-body frames (26%). Cinematographer Arlene Nelson keeps 74% of it in soft, naturalistic light. This is largely a daylight film — 81% of the frames play in daylight. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Deep focus keeps foreground and background readable at once in 79% of the frames.
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The dominant colors across the sampled frames of The Beaches of Agnès (2008) are #343230, #d5d3cc, #f4f4f1, #cbb393, #928b77, #cec7b1 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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