The Godfather (1972)
Directed by Francis Ford Coppola · Cinematography by Gordon Willis
R175 min58 frames
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What is The Godfather about?
Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attempt on his life, his youngest son, Michael steps in to take care of the would-be killers, launching a campaign of bloody revenge.
The Godfather is a 1972 American epic gangster film directed by Francis Ford Coppola, who co-wrote the screenplay with Mario Puzo based on Puzo's best-selling 1969 novel. The film features an ensemble cast that includes Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Richard Castellano, Robert Duvall, Sterling Hayden, John Marley, Richard Conte and Diane Keaton. It is the first installment in The Godfather trilogy, which chronicles the Corleone family under patriarch Vito Corleone (Brando) and the transformation of his youngest son, Michael Corleone (Pacino), from reluctant family outsider to ruthless Mafia boss.
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What does the cinematography of The Godfather look like?
Across 57 sampled frames, The Godfather builds its coverage from medium shots (44% of the sample), with wide compositions (23%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Gordon Willis keeps 54% of it in soft, low-key light. 40% of the frames play at night or in the failing light of dusk. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 58% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings. The production design places the film in the 1940s.
What is the color palette of The Godfather?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of The Godfather (1972) are #37312b, #15120f, #575046, #47372a, #2c231c, #251a13 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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