The Death and Life of John F. Donovan (2018)
Directed by Xavier Dolan · Cinematography by André Turpin
R123 min51 frames
Drama
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What is The Death and Life of John F. Donovan about?
A decade after the death of an American TV star, a young actor reminisces about the written correspondence he once shared with the former, as well as the impact those letters had on both their lives.
The Death & Life of John F. Donovan is a 2018 drama film directed, co-written, produced, and edited by Xavier Dolan, in his English-language debut. The film stars Kit Harington, Jacob Tremblay, Natalie Portman, Susan Sarandon, Kathy Bates, Thandiwe Newton, Ben Schnetzer, Amara Karan, Chris Zylka, Jared Keeso, Emily Hampshire, Sarah Gadon, and Michael Gambon. It deals with themes of celebrity, tabloid media in Hollywood, mother-son relationships, and homosexuality.
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Across 51 sampled frames, The Death and Life of John F. Donovan builds its coverage from close-ups (55% of the sample), with medium shots (29%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer André Turpin keeps 67% of it in soft, low-key light. 69% of the frames play at night or in the failing light of dusk. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 84% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.
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The dominant colors across the sampled frames of The Death and Life of John F. Donovan (2018) are #2b3030, #111210, #291712, #36474e, #0d1a28, #52524d — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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