Union City (1980)

Directed by Marcus Reichert · Cinematography by Edward Lachman

PG87 min57 frames

ComedyDramaMystery

A story of murder and paranoia

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What is Union City about?

A 1950s accountant with a restless wife grows paranoid after hiding a milk thief's corpse next door.

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What does the cinematography of Union City look like?

Across 57 sampled frames, Union City builds its coverage from medium shots (67% of the sample), with close-ups (23%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Edward Lachman keeps 67% of it in soft, low-key light. 65% of the frames play at night or in the failing light of dusk. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 89% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.

What is the color palette of Union City?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Union City (1980) are #120e0d, #312c2d, #261713, #4c332b, #d4d3cd, #ad8d72 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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  • #261713
  • #4c332b
  • #d4d3cd
  • #ad8d72

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