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The Hunger (1983)

Directed by Tony Scott · Cinematography by Stephen Goldblatt

R97 min59 frames

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What is The Hunger about?

Five-thousand-year-old vampire Miriam promises her lovers the gift of eternal life. When John, her cellist companion for centuries, discovers that he has suddenly begun growing old, he attempts to seek out the help of Dr. Sarah Roberts, a researcher on the mechanisms of aging.

Where can you watch The Hunger?

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What does the cinematography of The Hunger look like?

Sampled across 59 frames, the coverage of The Hunger leans on close-ups (54% of the sample) and medium shots (27%). Cinematographer Stephen Goldblatt keeps 80% of it in soft, low-key light. Night and dusk account for 81% of the frames. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 80% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.

What is the color palette of The Hunger?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of The Hunger (1983) are #0a1829, #07090d, #29384e, #314c6c, #2b2e32, #192433 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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