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Manhunter (1986)

Directed by Michael Mann · Cinematography by Dante Spinotti

R120 min62 frames

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Manhunter (1986) movie still: medium — A figure stands in a vast, barren landscape with orange dunes at the horizon. The person wears a…Manhunter (1986) movie still: medium — An interior office space features a bright green screen backdrop behind a desk. A man in a dark shirt is…Manhunter (1986) movie still: closeup — A close-up view of a person wearing black protective goggles in a dark environment. Text is written in black…Manhunter (1986) movie still: medium — An interior space is illuminated entirely by intense, vibrant red light. Two men stand in close proximity…Manhunter (1986) movie still: closeup — A dark workspace features a white laboratory coat and documents placed on a desk. A glowing magnifying glass…Manhunter (1986) movie still: wide — A wooden pier extends into calm water under a soft orange sunrise sky. Two people stand embracing on the pier…Manhunter (1986) movie still: closeup — A man stands in a dark, indistinct interior setting with minimal environmental detail. The man is positioned…Manhunter (1986) movie still: closeup — Two scraps of red paper with dark handwritten text float against a black background. The message on the…Manhunter (1986) movie still: wide — A dark, empty road is occupied only by the front of a police car. The vehicle is stationary with its bright…Manhunter (1986) movie still: medium — A woman stands in front of a lime green building wall surrounded by banana leaves. The foreground subject is…Manhunter (1986) movie still: medium — An interior space features a large black-and-white grid map on the wall. A man in a suit displays a white…Manhunter (1986) movie still: fullbody — A man stands in the center of a white-walled room with minimalist white furniture. He remains perfectly…Manhunter (1986) movie still: medium — A man and woman lie in a bed positioned against a large glass window. The room is bathed in deep blue light…Manhunter (1986) movie still: medium — A minimalist, sterile private office features stark white walls and framed certificates. A man in a suit sits…Manhunter (1986) movie still: wide — A wide beach features three people standing at the edge of the calm water. The sun hangs low in the bright,…Manhunter (1986) movie still: wide — A massive hotel atrium features curved balconies stretching upward toward a dark ceiling. A single elevator car…
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What is Manhunter about?

FBI Agent Will Graham, who retired after catching Hannibal Lecktor, returns to duty to engage in a risky cat-and-mouse game with Lecktor to capture a new killer.

Manhunter is a 1986 American crime thriller film directed and written by Michael Mann. Based on the 1981 novel Red Dragon by Thomas Harris, the film stars William Petersen as FBI profiler Will Graham, Tom Noonan as serial killer Francis Dollarhyde, Dennis Farina as Graham's FBI superior Jack Crawford, and Brian Cox as incarcerated killer Hannibal Lecktor. The film focuses on Graham coming out of retirement to lend his talents to an investigation on Dollarhyde, a killer known as the Tooth Fairy. In doing so, he must confront the demons of his past and meet with Lecktor, who nearly killed Graham years before.

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What does the cinematography of Manhunter look like?

Sampled across 62 frames, the coverage of Manhunter leans on medium shots (40% of the sample) and wide compositions (26%). Cinematographer Dante Spinotti keeps 44% of it in soft, low-key light. Night and dusk account for 56% of the frames. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 56% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.

What is the color palette of Manhunter?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Manhunter (1986) are #0a0b0d, #f6f7f7, #302e2f, #cfcfcd, #8d9191, #adadad — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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