Roadgames (1981)
Directed by Richard Franklin · Cinematography by Vincent Monton
PG101 min62 frames
MysteryThrillerHorror
The truck driver plays games. The hitchhiker plays games. And the killer is playing the deadliest game of all!
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Roadgames — official trailer
What is Roadgames about?
A truck driver plays a cat-and-mouse game with a mysterious serial killer in a van who lures young female hitchhiker victims on a desolate Australian highway.
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What does the cinematography of Roadgames look like?
Sampled across 61 frames, the coverage of Roadgames leans on medium shots (34% of the sample) and wide compositions (30%). Cinematographer Vincent Monton keeps 57% of it in soft, naturalistic light. Night and dusk account for 43% of the frames. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame.
What is the color palette of Roadgames?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Roadgames (1981) are #d7d3cc, #0f0d0d, #30302e, #515148, #4c382e, #78766b — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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