Matar o morir (1984)
Directed by Rafael Villaseñor Kuri
PG100 min199 frames
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What is Matar o morir about?
Mexican rancher goes to Texas to track down his son's murderer.
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What does the cinematography of Matar o morir look like?
Across 194 sampled frames, Matar o morir builds its coverage from medium shots (49% of the sample), with wide compositions (23%) carrying much of the rest. The lighting keeps 69% of it in soft, naturalistic light. Daylight carries most of the picture. Focus stays shallow in 72% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings. The production design places the film in the 1800s.
What is the color palette of Matar o morir?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Matar o morir (1984) are #342f2b, #564f49, #8b7a6a, #a79a8a, #d6d1c9, #534739 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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