The Parallax View (1974)
Directed by Alan J. Pakula · Cinematography by Gordon Willis
R102 min63 frames
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As American as apple pie.
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What is The Parallax View about?
An ambitious reporter gets in trouble while investigating a senator's assassination which leads to a vast conspiracy involving a multinational corporation behind every event in the world's headlines.
The Parallax View is a 1974 American neo-noir political thriller film starring Warren Beatty, Paula Prentiss, Hume Cronyn, William Daniels, Kenneth Mars, Walter McGinn, Kelly Thordsen and Jim Davis in support. Produced and directed by Alan J. Pakula, its screenplay is by David Giler and Lorenzo Semple Jr., based on the 1970 novel by Loren Singer. The story concerns reporter Joe Frady's investigation into a secretive organization, the Parallax Corporation, whose business is political assassination. The film over time has generated a more positive reaction from critics but on release the movie struggled to break even. The film is part of what critics have called "The Pakula Paranoia Trilogy", alongside the movies Klute and All the President's Men.
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What does the cinematography of The Parallax View look like?
Sampled across 61 frames, the coverage of The Parallax View leans on wide compositions (33% of the sample) and medium shots (30%). Cinematographer Gordon Willis keeps 39% of it in soft, naturalistic light. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Deep focus keeps foreground and background readable at once in 59% of the frames. The production design places the film in the 1970s.
What is the color palette of The Parallax View?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of The Parallax View (1974) are #322f2c, #0e0d0c, #f8f9f9, #50514c, #d0d0cd, #adaead — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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