The Straight Story (1999)
Directed by David Lynch · Cinematography by Freddie Francis
G112 min64 frames
Drama
A true story that proves a little determination goes a very, very long way.
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The Straight Story — official trailer
What is The Straight Story about?
Retired farmer and widower Alvin Straight learns one day that his distant brother Lyle has suffered a stroke and may not recover. Alvin is determined to make things right with Lyle while he still can, but his brother lives in Wisconsin, while Alvin is stuck in Iowa with no car and no driver's license. He then has the idea of making the trip on his old lawnmower, thus beginning a picturesque and at times deeply spiritual odyssey.
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What does the cinematography of The Straight Story look like?
Sampled across 61 frames, the coverage of The Straight Story leans on wide compositions (44% of the sample) and medium shots (20%). Cinematographer Freddie Francis keeps 72% of it in soft, naturalistic light. This is largely a daylight film — 64% of the frames play in daylight. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Deep focus keeps foreground and background readable at once in 69% of the frames.
What is the color palette of The Straight Story?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of The Straight Story (1999) are #353228, #44362b, #161410, #4d4b33, #8d7055, #887969 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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