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The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)

Directed by John McTiernan · Cinematography by Tom Priestley Jr.

R113 min55 frames

DramaCrimeRomance

How do you get the man who has everything?

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What is The Thomas Crown Affair about?

Bored billionaire executive Thomas Crown entertains himself by stealing a Monet from a reputed museum with an elaborate diversion. When Catherine Banning, the insurance company's investigator, takes an interest in Crown, he may have met his match, and a complicated back-and-forth game with seductive undertones begins between them.

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What does the cinematography of The Thomas Crown Affair look like?

Sampled across 55 frames, the coverage of The Thomas Crown Affair leans on medium shots (36% of the sample) and close-ups (35%). Cinematographer Tom Priestley Jr. keeps 55% of it in soft, low-key light. Night and dusk account for 53% of the frames. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 67% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.

What is the color palette of The Thomas Crown Affair?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of The Thomas Crown Affair (1999) are #2f2c2d, #151212, #4e4c4b, #8f8c8c, #736f6d, #f4f5f6 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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