First Blood (1982)
Directed by Ted Kotcheff · Cinematography by Andrew Laszlo
R93 min57 frames
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This time he's fighting for his life.
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What is First Blood about?
When former Green Beret John Rambo is harassed by local law enforcement and arrested for vagrancy, he is forced to flee into the mountains and wage an escalating one-man war against his pursuers.
First Blood is a 1982 American action thriller film starring Sylvester Stallone as Vietnam War veteran John Rambo. The film was directed by Ted Kotcheff and co-written by Michael Kozoll, William Sackheim, and Stallone based on the 1972 novel First Blood by David Morrell. It is the first installment in the Rambo film series. The story follows Rambo, who, after entering a small town and clashing with the police, attempts to fight in order to survive a manhunt using his expertise in survival and combat skills obtained from fighting in Vietnam. The film costars Richard Crenna as Rambo's mentor Colonel Sam Trautman and Brian Dennehy as Sheriff Will Teasle.
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What does the cinematography of First Blood look like?
Across 56 sampled frames, First Blood builds its coverage from medium shots (50% of the sample), with wide compositions (32%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Andrew Laszlo keeps 46% of it in soft, naturalistic light. 41% of the frames play at night or in the failing light of dusk. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 61% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings. The production design places the film in the 1980s.
What is the color palette of First Blood?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of First Blood (1982) are #2f2e29, #50524c, #141310, #4c4638, #75766d, #26221d — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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