The Big Lebowski (1998)

Directed by Joel Coen · Cinematography by Roger Deakins

R117 min63 frames

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Times like these call for a Big Lebowski.

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What is The Big Lebowski about?

Jeffrey 'The Dude' Lebowski, a Los Angeles slacker who only wants to bowl and drink White Russians, is mistaken for another Jeffrey Lebowski, a wheelchair-bound millionaire, and finds himself dragged into a strange series of events involving nihilists, adult film producers, ferrets, errant toes, and large sums of money.

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What does the cinematography of The Big Lebowski look like?

Sampled across 63 frames, the coverage of The Big Lebowski leans on medium shots (33% of the sample) and close-ups (27%). Cinematographer Roger Deakins keeps 40% of it in soft, low-key light. Night and dusk account for 44% of the frames. The production design places the film in the 1990s.

What is the color palette of The Big Lebowski?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of The Big Lebowski (1998) are #322f2d, #0b0b0c, #524e4a, #f4f5f5, #cfcecc, #8b7c6e — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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