The French Connection (1971)
Directed by William Friedkin · Cinematography by Owen Roizman
R104 min64 frames
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Doyle is bad news—but a good cop.
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What is The French Connection about?
Tough narcotics detective 'Popeye' Doyle is in hot pursuit of a suave French drug dealer who may be the key to a huge heroin-smuggling operation.
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What does the cinematography of The French Connection look like?
Across 64 sampled frames, The French Connection builds its coverage from medium shots (45% of the sample), with wide compositions (23%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Owen Roizman keeps 50% of it in soft, naturalistic light. 47% of the frames play at night or in the failing light of dusk. The production design places the film in the 1970s.
What is the color palette of The French Connection?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of The French Connection (1971) are #2f2e2e, #525251, #0f0e10, #acacab, #d6d3ce, #73726f — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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