Rumble Fish (1983)

Directed by Francis Ford Coppola · Cinematography by Stephen H. Burum

R94 min58 frames

CrimeDramaRomance

Rusty James can't live up to his brother's reputation. His brother can't live it down.

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What is Rumble Fish about?

Absent-minded street thug Rusty James struggles to live up to his legendary older brother's reputation, and longs for the days of gang warfare.

Rumble Fish is a 1983 American teen drama noir film directed by Francis Ford Coppola. It is based on the 1975 novel Rumble Fish by S. E. Hinton, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Coppola. The film stars Matt Dillon, Mickey Rourke, Vincent Spano, Diane Lane, Diana Scarwid, Nicolas Cage, Laurence Fishburne, Chris Penn, and Dennis Hopper.

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What does the cinematography of Rumble Fish look like?

Across 58 sampled frames, Rumble Fish builds its coverage from medium shots (43% of the sample), with close-ups (31%) carrying much of the rest. Low angles recur throughout. Cinematographer Stephen H. Burum keeps 62% of it in hard-edged, low-key light. 66% of the frames play at night or in the failing light of dusk. Vintage 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 Rumble Fish?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Rumble Fish (1983) are #020202, #313130, #909090, #cacaca, #696969, #fdfdfd — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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