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[1]: The brown desert in Lawrence of Arabia (David Lean, Horizon Pictures, 1962). Cinematography by Freddie Young. Digital frame enlargement.
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[2]: A beige universe in Interiors (Woody Allen, Jack Rollins & Charles H. Joffe Productions, 1978). Cinematography by Gordon Willis. Design by Mel Bourne. Digital frame enlargement.
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[3]: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Sergio Leone, Produzioni Europee Associate, 1966). Cinematography by Tonino Delli Colli. Digital frame enlargement.
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[4]: Chocolate river. Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (Mel Stuart, Wolper Pictures, 1971). Cinematography by Arthur Ibbetson. Art Direction by Harper Goff. Digital frame enlargement.
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[5]: A desk one cannot have. L’heure d’été [Summer Hours] (Olivier Assayas, MK2, 2008). Cinematography by Eric Gautier. Digital frame enlargement.
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[6]: The cornfield in North by Northwest (Alfred Hitchcock, MGM, 1959). Cinematography by Robert Burks. Digital frame enlargement.
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[7]: A brown miasm in The Magic Christian (Joseph McGrath, Grand Films, 1969). Cinematography by Geoffrey Unsworth. Design by Assheton Gorton. Digital frame enlargement.