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Hell or High Water (2016)

Directed by David Mackenzie · Cinematography by Giles Nuttgens

R102 min60 frames

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Blood always follows money.

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Hell or High Water (2016) movie still: medium — A diner booth with purple vinyl seats and a tan laminate table. Two men in olive shirts sit across…Hell or High Water (2016) movie still: fullbody — A rural wooden porch with white pillars overlooks a dry, sparse field. Two men converse while one…Hell or High Water (2016) movie still: wide — A silver sedan drives across a flat, arid landscape under a pale sky. Power lines span horizontally…Hell or High Water (2016) movie still: wide — A dry desert hillside with sparse shrubs and rocky outcroppings under natural daylight. A lone man in…Hell or High Water (2016) movie still: wide — A rural wooden porch overlooks a flat, dry grassy plain during golden hour. Two men sit side by side…Hell or High Water (2016) movie still: medium — A man stands in the open bed of a pickup truck outdoors. He looks toward the side with a shocked…Hell or High Water (2016) movie still: wide — A desolate rural landscape at twilight features dry grass and thin barbed wire fences. Two men stand…Hell or High Water (2016) movie still: medium — Two men sit inside a car cabin during the golden hour of the day. A blurred highway sign marked 66…Hell or High Water (2016) movie still: medium — Two men in western-style law enforcement uniforms sit in the front seats of a vehicle. A rural dirt…Hell or High Water (2016) movie still: wide — A rural ranch landscape features a windmill, a yellow backhoe, and a parked car. Dry vegetation…Hell or High Water (2016) movie still: closeup — A dimly lit bar setting with dark surroundings and colorful blurred neon light sources. A man with…Hell or High Water (2016) movie still: closeup — An interior space of a bar with blurred neon lights in the background. A man with a mustache looks…Hell or High Water (2016) movie still: medium — A group of men play poker in a dark, neon-lit casino at night. They sit at a long table with chips…Hell or High Water (2016) movie still: medium — An outdoor space at night illuminated by the glow of bright red neon signs. Two men stand in close…Hell or High Water (2016) movie still: medium — A dark wood-paneled room contains a bed and a man in a cowboy hat. The man sits in the foreground…Hell or High Water (2016) movie still: establishing — An open field of dry, tall grass fills the frame during late afternoon. Bright sun backlights…
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What is Hell or High Water about?

A divorced dad and his ex-con brother resort to a desperate scheme in order to save their family's farm in West Texas.

Where can you watch Hell or High Water?

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What does the cinematography of Hell or High Water look like?

Across 60 sampled frames, Hell or High Water builds its coverage from medium shots (50% of the sample), with wide compositions (28%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Giles Nuttgens keeps 68% of it in soft, naturalistic light. Daylight carries most of the picture. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 58% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.

What is the color palette of Hell or High Water?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Hell or High Water (2016) are #33322b, #514a35, #d3cdac, #0f100e, #746d57, #51554f — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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  • #514a35
  • #d3cdac
  • #0f100e
  • #746d57
  • #51554f

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