The Purple Plain (1954)
Directed by Robert Parrish · Cinematography by Geoffrey Unsworth
Approved100 min50 frames
DramaAdventureWar
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What is The Purple Plain about?
An RAF airfield in Burma in 1945, during World War II. Canadian bomber pilot Bill Forrester is a bitter man who lives haunted by a tragic past. He has became a reckless warrior, and is feared by his comrades, who consider him a madman. Dr. Harris, the squadron physician, is determined to help him heal his tormented soul.
The Purple Plain is a 1954 British war film directed by Robert Parrish, with Gregory Peck playing a Royal Canadian Air Force pilot serving in the Royal Air Force in the Burma campaign in the closing months of the Second World War, who is battling with depression after having lost his wife to German bombing in London. The cast also included Win Min Than, Maurice Denham and Lyndon Brook. The film was shot at Pinewood Studios and on location in Ceylon. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jack Maxsted. It was nominated for two BAFTA awards. The film was based on the 1947 novel of the same name by H. E. Bates.
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What does the cinematography of The Purple Plain look like?
Sampled across 50 frames, the coverage of The Purple Plain leans on close-ups (36% of the sample) and medium shots (30%). The camera returns again and again to low angles. Cinematographer Geoffrey Unsworth keeps 64% of it in soft, naturalistic light. This is largely a daylight film — 66% of the frames play in daylight. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 66% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings. The production design places the film in the 1940s.
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The dominant colors across the sampled frames of The Purple Plain (1954) are #37312b, #56544b, #d5d0ce, #968e73, #52473c, #caaf94 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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