To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)
Directed by William Friedkin · Cinematography by Robby Müller
R116 min61 frames
CrimeThrillerAction
A federal agent is dead. A killer is loose. And the City of Angels is about to explode.
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What is To Live and Die in L.A. about?
When his longtime partner on the force is killed, reckless U.S. Secret Service agent Richard Chance vows revenge, setting out to nab dangerous counterfeit artist Eric Masters.
To Live and Die in L.A. is a 1985 American neo-noir action thriller film directed and co-written by William Friedkin. It is based on the 1984 novel of the same name by former U.S. Secret Service agent Gerald Petievich, who co-wrote the screenplay with Friedkin. It stars William Petersen, Willem Dafoe, John Pankow, John Turturro, Darlanne Fluegel and Dean Stockwell. Wang Chung composed and performed the original music soundtrack. The film tells the story of the lengths to which two Secret Service agents go to arrest a counterfeiter.
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Across 61 sampled frames, To Live and Die in L.A. builds its coverage from medium shots (36% of the sample), with close-ups (31%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Robby Müller keeps 52% of it in soft, low-key light. 62% of the frames play at night or in the failing light of dusk. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 62% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings. The production design places the film in the 1980s.
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The dominant colors across the sampled frames of To Live and Die in L.A. (1985) are #0d0b0b, #322e2f, #f3f3f3, #270f0e, #555051, #890907 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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