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L.A. Confidential (1997)

Directed by Curtis Hanson · Cinematography by Dante Spinotti

R138 min60 frames

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Everything is suspect... Everyone is for sale... And nothing is what it seems.

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What is L.A. Confidential about?

Three detectives in the corrupt and brutal L.A. police force of the 1950s use differing methods to uncover a conspiracy behind the shotgun slayings of the patrons at an all-night diner.

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What does the cinematography of L.A. Confidential look like?

Across 60 sampled frames, L.A. Confidential builds its coverage from medium shots (53% of the sample), with close-ups (27%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Dante Spinotti keeps 68% of it in soft, low-key light. 67% of the frames play at night or in the failing light of dusk. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 75% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings. The production design places the film in the 1950s.

What is the color palette of L.A. Confidential?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of L.A. Confidential (1997) are #322c2a, #11100f, #534d47, #8b776a, #d3cec7, #a7978a — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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