True Romance (1993)

Directed by Tony Scott · Cinematography by Jeffrey L. Kimball

R119 min54 frames

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Stealing. Cheating. Killing. Who said romance was dead?

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What is True Romance about?

Clarence marries hooker Alabama, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood, while the owners of the coke try to reclaim it.

True Romance is a 1993 American romantic crime drama film directed by Tony Scott and written by Quentin Tarantino. It stars Christian Slater and Patricia Arquette, with Dennis Hopper, Val Kilmer, Gary Oldman, Brad Pitt, and Christopher Walken in supporting roles. Slater and Arquette portray newlyweds who head to California with a stolen suitcase of drugs, with the Mafia in close pursuit and their future very uncertain.

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What does the cinematography of True Romance look like?

Sampled across 54 frames, the coverage of True Romance leans on medium shots (39% of the sample) and close-ups (30%). Cinematographer Jeffrey L. Kimball keeps 46% of it in soft, low-key light. Night and dusk account for 41% of the frames. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 69% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings. The production design places the film in the 1990s.

What is the color palette of True Romance?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of True Romance (1993) are #322d2c, #0f0d0d, #4f4c49, #93918e, #d4d2cd, #a88f78 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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