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The King Of Comedy (1982)

Directed by Martin Scorsese · Cinematography by Fred Schuler

PG109 min60 frames

DramaComedy

It's no laughing matter.

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What is The King Of Comedy about?

Aspiring comic Rupert Pupkin attempts to achieve success in show business by stalking his idol, a late night talk-show host who craves his own privacy.

Where can you watch The King Of Comedy?

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What does the cinematography of The King Of Comedy look like?

Across 60 sampled frames, The King Of Comedy builds its coverage from medium shots (72% of the sample), with wide compositions (17%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Fred Schuler keeps 43% of it in soft, low-key light. 47% of the frames play at night or in the failing light of dusk. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 67% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings. The production design places the film in the 1980s.

What is the color palette of The King Of Comedy?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of The King Of Comedy (1982) are #0f0d0e, #2e2b2b, #d6d3d0, #f7f6f7, #4e4b46, #cfb38f — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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