The Quick and the Dead (1995)

Directed by Sam Raimi · Cinematography by Dante Spinotti

R108 min57 frames

WesternActionDramaRomance

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What is The Quick and the Dead about?

A mysterious woman comes to compete in a quick-draw elimination tournament, in a town taken over by a notorious gunman.

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What does the cinematography of The Quick and the Dead look like?

Sampled across 57 frames, the coverage of The Quick and the Dead leans on close-ups (32% of the sample) and medium shots (28%). Cinematographer Dante Spinotti keeps 61% of it in soft, naturalistic light. Golden-hour light is a recurring motif, appearing in 19% of the sample. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 58% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings. The production design places the film in the 1800s.

What is the color palette of The Quick and the Dead?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of The Quick and the Dead (1995) are #372f28, #4e3a2d, #1b130f, #564838, #29170d, #4b2714 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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