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Goodfellas (1990)

Directed by Martin Scorsese · Cinematography by Michael Ballhaus

R145 min60 frames

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Three decades of life in the mafia.

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Goodfellas (1990) movie still: wide — A dark, vintage automobile travels along a city street at night. The vehicle passes a building storefront…Goodfellas (1990) movie still: medium — A dark narrow passageway features red walls illuminated by a single overhead pendant light. A woman in a…Goodfellas (1990) movie still: medium — A dimly lit event space is bathed in red light with indistinct shapes visible. A man in a suit looks…Goodfellas (1990) movie still: medium — An interior space contains a man coated in ice and frost. The subject sits with his eyes closed inside a…Goodfellas (1990) movie still: medium — A teenage boy stands next to a vintage black car on a suburban street. He holds a stack of books and a brown…Goodfellas (1990) movie still: closeup — A close-up view of a purple satin ornament hanging from white pine needles. The ornament is the focal point…Goodfellas (1990) movie still: closeup — An older man sits in a dim room with blue ambient light hitting his face. The subject rests with his eyes…Goodfellas (1990) movie still: wide — A dark, wooded clearing at night features a mound of freshly turned dirt. A man kneels beside the hole while…Goodfellas (1990) movie still: medium — A man in a blue robe stands inside a doorway facing an outdoor visitor. The visitor is a man in a striped…Goodfellas (1990) movie still: closeup — A man stands in an open doorway of a house during the day. He looks directly toward the camera with a…Goodfellas (1990) movie still: closeup — The interior of a dark car at night shows a man with an agonized expression. A hand is pressed firmly…Goodfellas (1990) movie still: closeup — A dark, blurred outdoor space at night with indistinguishable background shapes. A man stares ahead, his…Goodfellas (1990) movie still: medium — An interior room with plain walls, a framed landscape painting, and dark window curtains. A man in a dark…Goodfellas (1990) movie still: medium — A cluttered kitchen with a person in a vest holding a book and cigarette. Another person is visible in the…Goodfellas (1990) movie still: medium — A dimly lit room with a wooden table cluttered with paper money and bottles. Two men sit close together, one…Goodfellas (1990) movie still: medium — An outdoor motel walkway features red brick walls and large glass doors. A man and a woman stand…
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What is Goodfellas about?

The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks of a Mafia family under the guidance of Jimmy Conway.

Goodfellas is a 1990 American biographical gangster film directed by Martin Scorsese, written by Nicholas Pileggi and Scorsese, and produced by Irwin Winkler. It is a film adaptation of Pileggi's 1985 nonfiction book Wiseguy. Starring Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco and Paul Sorvino, the film narrates the rise and fall of Mafia associate Henry Hill and his friends and family from 1955 to 1980.

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What does the cinematography of Goodfellas look like?

Across 59 sampled frames, Goodfellas builds its coverage from medium shots (49% of the sample), with wide compositions (29%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Michael Ballhaus keeps 54% of it in soft, low-key light. 53% of the frames play at night or in the failing light of dusk. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 64% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.

What is the color palette of Goodfellas?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Goodfellas (1990) are #312f2d, #14110f, #281310, #58524b, #d9d5cb, #2b241b — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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