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Dead for a Dollar (2022)

Directed by Walter Hill · Cinematography by Lloyd Ahern II

R107 min116 frames

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Vengeance for the right price.

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What is Dead for a Dollar about?

In 1897, veteran bounty hunter Max Borlund is deep into Mexico where he encounters professional gambler and outlaw Joe Cribbens — a sworn enemy he sent to prison years before. Max is on a mission to find and return Rachel Kidd, the wife of a wealthy businessman, who as the story is told to Max, has been abducted by Buffalo Soldier Elijah Jones. Max is ultimately faced with a showdown to save honor.

Dead for a Dollar is a 2022 American western action thriller film written and directed by Walter Hill. It stars Christoph Waltz, Willem Dafoe, and Rachel Brosnahan. The plot follows a bounty hunter (Waltz) on a search to find the missing wife (Brosnahan) of a businessman. Brandon Scott, Warren Burke, Benjamin Bratt, and Hamish Linklater also star. The film premiered out of competition at the 79th Venice International Film Festival on September 6, 2022. It was released in the United States on September 30, 2022, by Quiver Distribution.

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What does the cinematography of Dead for a Dollar look like?

Across 112 sampled frames, Dead for a Dollar builds its coverage from medium shots (46% of the sample), with wide compositions (27%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Lloyd Ahern II keeps 74% of it in soft, naturalistic light. Daylight carries most of the picture. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 66% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings. The production design places the film in the 1800s.

What is the color palette of Dead for a Dollar?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Dead for a Dollar (2022) are #342e29, #544837, #8c7254, #555149, #cdb491, #48392c — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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