The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
Directed by Orson Welles · Cinematography by Stanley Cortez
Approved88 min62 frames
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What is The Magnificent Ambersons about?
The spoiled young heir to the decaying Amberson fortune comes between his widowed mother and the man she has always loved.
The Magnificent Ambersons is a 1942 American period drama written, produced, and directed by Orson Welles. Welles adapted Booth Tarkington's Pulitzer Prize–winning 1918 novel about the declining fortunes of a wealthy Midwestern family and the social changes brought by the automobile age. The film stars Joseph Cotten, Dolores Costello, Anne Baxter, Tim Holt, Agnes Moorehead and Ray Collins, with Welles providing the narration.
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What does the cinematography of The Magnificent Ambersons look like?
Sampled across 62 frames, the coverage of The Magnificent Ambersons leans on medium shots (53% of the sample) and close-ups (18%). Cinematographer Stanley Cortez keeps 40% of it in hard-edged, low-key light. Night and dusk account for 58% of the frames. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 60% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings. The production design places the film in the 1940s.
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