Flesh+Blood (1985)

Directed by Paul Verhoeven · Cinematography by Jan de Bont

R126 min38 frames

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Betrayed by power. Corrupted by love. Bound by honor.

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What is Flesh+Blood about?

A band of medieval mercenaries take revenge on a noble Lord who stiffs them by kidnapping the betrothed of the noble's son. As the plague and warfare cut a swathe of destruction throughout the land, the mercenaries hole up in a castle and await their fate.

Flesh and Blood is a 1985 erotic historical adventure film directed by Paul Verhoeven, and starring Rutger Hauer, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tom Burlinson, Susan Tyrrell, Ronald Lacey, Bruno Kirby and Jack Thompson. The script was written by Verhoeven and Gerard Soeteman. The story is set in 1501 in early modern Italy, and follows two warring groups of mercenaries and their longstanding quarrel.

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What does the cinematography of Flesh+Blood look like?

Sampled across 38 frames, the coverage of Flesh+Blood leans on medium shots and wide compositions. The camera returns again and again to low angles. Cinematographer Jan de Bont keeps much of it in soft, naturalistic light. Night and dusk account for much of the film. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame.

What is the color palette of Flesh+Blood?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Flesh+Blood (1985) are #35302c, #544d47, #261a11, #4c3b2e, #8b7c70, #2d251c — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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  • #8b7c70
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