The Last Picture Show (1971)
Directed by Peter Bogdanovich · Cinematography by Robert Surtees
R118 min63 frames
DramaRomance
Anarene, Texas, 1951. Nothing much has changed…
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What is The Last Picture Show about?
High school seniors and best friends, Sonny and Duane, live in a dying Texas town. The handsome Duane is dating a local beauty, while Sonny is having an affair with the coach's wife. As graduation nears and both boys contemplate their futures, Duane eyes the army and Sonny takes over a local business. Each struggles to figure out if he can escape this dead-end town and build a better life somewhere else.
The Last Picture Show is a 1971 American coming-of-age drama film directed by Peter Bogdanovich and co-written by Bogdanovich and Larry McMurtry, adapted from the 1966 semi-autobiographical novel by McMurtry. The film's ensemble cast includes Timothy Bottoms, Jeff Bridges, Ellen Burstyn, Ben Johnson, Cloris Leachman, Cybill Shepherd, Eileen Brennan, and Randy Quaid. Set in a small town in northern Texas from November 1951 to October 1952, it is a story of two high school seniors and longtime best friends, Sonny Crawford (Bottoms) and Duane Jackson (Bridges).
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What does the cinematography of The Last Picture Show look like?
Across 63 sampled frames, The Last Picture Show builds its coverage from medium shots (44% of the sample), with close-ups (30%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Robert Surtees keeps 44% of it in soft, low-key light. 56% of the frames play at night or in the failing light of dusk. Focus stays shallow in 68% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.
What is the color palette of The Last Picture Show?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of The Last Picture Show (1971) are #010101, #8a8a8a, #303030, #fcfcfc, #c8c8c8, #6f6f6f — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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