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The Bird With The Crystal Plumage (1970)

Directed by Dario Argento · Cinematography by Vittorio Storaro

GP96 min61 frames

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What is The Bird With The Crystal Plumage about?

An American writer living in Rome witnesses an attempted murder that is connected to an ongoing killing spree in the city and conducts his own investigation, despite he and his girlfriend being targeted by the killer.

The Bird with the Crystal Plumage is a 1970 giallo film written and directed by Dario Argento, in his directorial debut. It stars Tony Musante as an American writer in Rome who witnesses a serial killer targeting young women and tries to uncover the murderer's identity before he becomes their next victim. The cast also features Suzy Kendall, Enrico Maria Salerno, Eva Renzi, Umberto Raho and Mario Adorf.

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What does the cinematography of The Bird With The Crystal Plumage look like?

Sampled across 59 frames, the coverage of The Bird With The Crystal Plumage leans on medium shots (36% of the sample) and wide compositions (32%). Cinematographer Vittorio Storaro keeps 41% of it in soft, low-key light. Night and dusk account for 51% of the frames. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame.

What is the color palette of The Bird With The Crystal Plumage?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of The Bird With The Crystal Plumage (1970) are #312e2c, #0e0d0d, #d3d3d1, #f1f2f0, #51514f, #8b8b8a — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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