The Boys From Fengkuei (1983)
Directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien · Cinematography by Chen Kun-Hou
99 min56 frames
Drama
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What is The Boys From Fengkuei about?
Ah-Ching and his friends have just finished school in their island fishing village, and now spend most of their time drinking and fighting. Three of them decide to go to the port city of Kaohsiung to look for work. They find an apartment through relatives, and Ah-Ching is attracted to the girlfriend of a neighbor. There they face the harsh realities of the big city.
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What does the cinematography of The Boys From Fengkuei look like?
Sampled across 56 frames, the coverage of The Boys From Fengkuei leans on wide compositions (48% of the sample) and medium shots (27%). Cinematographer Chen Kun-Hou keeps 79% of it in soft, naturalistic light. This is largely a daylight film — 80% of the frames play in daylight. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Deep focus keeps foreground and background readable at once in 82% of the frames.
What is the color palette of The Boys From Fengkuei?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of The Boys From Fengkuei (1983) are #32322e, #52554f, #aca897, #d4d4cc, #8f9289, #cdcab5 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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