A Most Violent Year (2014)
Directed by J.C. Chandor · Cinematography by Bradford Young
R125 min62 frames
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What is A Most Violent Year about?
A thriller set in New York City during the winter of 1981, statistically one of the most violent years in the city's history, and centered on the lives of an immigrant and his family trying to expand their business and capitalize on opportunities as the rampant violence, decay, and corruption of the day drag them in and threaten to destroy all they have built.
A Most Violent Year is a 2014 crime drama film written and directed by J. C. Chandor, who also co-produced with Neal Dodson and Anna Gerb. It stars Oscar Isaac as a fuel supplier who tries to adhere to his own moral compass amid the rampant violence, corruption and decay that threaten his family and business. The film also stars Jessica Chastain, David Oyelowo, Alessandro Nivola, and Albert Brooks.
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What does the cinematography of A Most Violent Year look like?
Sampled across 60 frames, the coverage of A Most Violent Year leans on wide compositions (38% of the sample) and medium shots (37%). Cinematographer Bradford Young keeps 50% of it in soft, low-key light. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame.
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The dominant colors across the sampled frames of A Most Violent Year (2014) are #32322a, #4d4b34, #29271a, #8d8d6f, #535549, #151613 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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