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The Post (2017)

Directed by Steven Spielberg · Cinematography by Janusz Kamiński

PG-13116 min65 frames

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What is The Post about?

A cover-up that spanned four U.S. Presidents pushed the country's first female newspaper publisher and a hard-driving editor to join an unprecedented battle between journalist and government. Inspired by true events.

The Post is a 2017 American political thriller film about The Washington Post and the publication of the Pentagon Papers. It was directed and produced by Steven Spielberg, and written by Liz Hannah and Josh Singer. It stars Meryl Streep as Katharine Graham, the publisher of the Washington Post, and Tom Hanks as Ben Bradlee, the longtime executive editor of The Washington Post, with Sarah Paulson, Bob Odenkirk, Tracy Letts, Bradley Whitford, David Cross, Bruce Greenwood, Carrie Coon, Alison Brie, and Matthew Rhys in supporting roles.

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What does the cinematography of The Post look like?

Sampled across 65 frames, the coverage of The Post leans on medium shots (54% of the sample) and wide compositions (23%). Cinematographer Janusz Kamiński keeps 40% of it in soft, low-key light. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 57% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.

What is the color palette of The Post?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of The Post (2017) are #2f3130, #4e4e4b, #d4d3ce, #91928d, #17262b, #131617 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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