Lawless (2012)

Directed by John Hillcoat · Cinematography by Benoît Delhomme

R116 min63 frames

CrimeDramaWestern

When the law became corrupt, outlaws became heroes.

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What is Lawless about?

In 1931, the Bondurant brothers of Franklin County, Virginia, run a multipurpose backwoods establishment that hides their true business — bootlegging. Middle brother Forrest is the brain of the operation; older Howard is the brawn, and younger Jack, the lookout. Though the local police have taken bribes and left the brothers alone, a violent war erupts when a sadistic lawman from Chicago arrives and tries to shut down the Bondurants operation.

Lawless is a 2012 American Southern Gothic gangster film directed by John Hillcoat and written by Nick Cave, who based his screenplay from Matt Bondurant's historical novel The Wettest County in the World. The film stars Shia LaBeouf, Tom Hardy, Gary Oldman, Mia Wasikowska, Jessica Chastain, Jason Clarke, and Guy Pearce.

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What does the cinematography of Lawless look like?

Sampled across 60 frames, the coverage of Lawless leans on medium shots (35% of the sample) and wide compositions (27%). Cinematographer Benoît Delhomme keeps 52% of it in soft, naturalistic light. Night and dusk account for 40% of the frames. Vintage glass shapes the frame.

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The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Lawless (2012) are #32322a, #141513, #4c4834, #545349, #908971, #716854 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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