The Birdcage (1996)
Directed by Mike Nichols · Cinematography by Emmanuel Lubezki
R117 min65 frames
Comedy
Come as you are.
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What is The Birdcage about?
A gay cabaret owner and his drag queen partner agree to put up a false heterosexual front so that their son can introduce them to his fiancée's conservative parents.
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What does the cinematography of The Birdcage look like?
Sampled across 65 frames, the coverage of The Birdcage leans on medium shots (66% of the sample) and wide compositions (17%). Cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki keeps 43% of it in soft, naturalistic light. Night and dusk account for 58% of the frames. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 65% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings. The production design places the film in the 1990s.
What is the color palette of The Birdcage?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of The Birdcage (1996) are #312e2d, #f6f4f1, #121110, #d3d1cc, #473530, #d3b08e — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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