The State of Things (1982)
Directed by Wim Wenders · Cinematography by Henri Alekan, Fred Murphy, Martin Schäfer
121 min57 frames
Drama
They didn't want to kill him. They just wanted a story.
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The State of Things — official trailer
What is The State of Things about?
On location in Portugal, a film crew runs out of film while making their own version of Roger Corman's The Day the World Ended (1956). The producer is nowhere to be found and director Munro attempts to find him in hopes of being able to finish the film.
The State of Things is a 1982 West German road film directed by Wim Wenders. It tells the story of a film crew stuck in Portugal after the production runs out of film stock and money. The director travels to Los Angeles in search of his missing producer.
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What does the cinematography of The State of Things look like?
Across 57 sampled frames, The State of Things builds its coverage from medium shots (51% of the sample), with wide compositions (30%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Henri Alekan keeps 46% of it in hard-edged, naturalistic light. Daylight carries most of the picture. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Deep focus keeps foreground and background readable at once in 58% of the frames.
What is the color palette of The State of Things?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of The State of Things (1982) are #030302, #cacaca, #fdfdfd, #8a8a8a, #494949, #313131 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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