Licence to Kill (1989)
Directed by John Glen · Cinematography by Alec Mills
PG-13133 min47 frames
AdventureActionThriller
James Bond is out on his own and out for revenge.
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What is Licence to Kill about?
After capturing the notorious drug lord Franz Sanchez, Bond's close friend and former CIA agent Felix Leiter is left for dead and his wife is murdered. Bond goes rogue and seeks vengeance on those responsible, as he infiltrates Sanchez's organization from the inside.
Licence to Kill is a 1989 spy film, the sixteenth in the James Bond series produced by Eon Productions, and the second and final film to star Timothy Dalton as the MI6 agent James Bond. In the film, Bond resigns from MI6 in order to take revenge against the drug lord Franz Sanchez who ordered an attack against Bond's friend and CIA agent Felix Leiter and the murder of Felix's wife after their wedding.
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What does the cinematography of Licence to Kill look like?
Across 47 sampled frames, Licence to Kill builds its coverage from medium shots (51% of the sample), with close-ups (21%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Alec Mills keeps 53% of it in soft, naturalistic light. 45% 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. The production design places the film in the 1980s.
What is the color palette of Licence to Kill?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Licence to Kill (1989) are #2f2f32, #111113, #f3f4f4, #524e4b, #a9acb0, #8a786d — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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