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The Manchurian Candidate (2004)

Directed by Jonathan Demme · Cinematography by Tak Fujimoto

R129 min59 frames

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The Manchurian Candidate — official trailer

What is The Manchurian Candidate about?

Years after his squad was ambushed during the Gulf War, Major Ben Marco finds himself having terrible nightmares. He begins to doubt that his fellow squad-mate Sergeant Raymond Shaw, now a vice-presidential candidate, is the hero he remembers him being. As Marco's doubts deepen, Shaw's political power grows, and, when Marco finds a mysterious implant embedded in his back, the memory of what really happened begins to return.

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What does the cinematography of The Manchurian Candidate look like?

Sampled across 58 frames, the coverage of The Manchurian Candidate leans on close-ups (47% of the sample) and medium shots (29%). Cinematographer Tak Fujimoto keeps 38% of it in soft, naturalistic light. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 74% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.

What is the color palette of The Manchurian Candidate?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of The Manchurian Candidate (2004) are #110f0e, #332e2e, #32354e, #231410, #d4d3d2, #f6f4f4 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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