The Third Generation (1979)
Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder · Cinematography by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
111 min61 frames
ComedyCrimeDrama
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What is The Third Generation about?
A wildly anarchic satire of guerrilla terrorism in which a band of leftist radicals inadvertently become puppets of the West German government, which uses them to justify its authoritarian policies.
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What does the cinematography of The Third Generation look like?
Sampled across 61 frames, the coverage of The Third Generation leans on close-ups (46% of the sample) and medium shots (36%). Cinematographer Rainer Werner Fassbinder keeps 48% of it in soft, low-key light. Night and dusk account for 44% of the frames. Focus stays shallow in 72% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.
What is the color palette of The Third Generation?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of The Third Generation (1979) are #322f2d, #d5d2ce, #100f0f, #55504d, #f1f1f1, #a7968b — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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