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Philadelphia : Opera

Andrew Becket (Tom Hanks) shares his love for opera with Joe Miller (Denzel Washington) in an intimate display of friendship and camaraderie.

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beat, emotion, canted frame, chiaroscuro, close-up, color balance, constructive mise-en-scene, dolly shot, high angle, high-key lighting, hue, long shot, low-key lighting, medium shot, mobile framing, monologue, music, diegetic, music, empathetic, over the shoulder shot, point-of-view shot, reaction shot, shock cut, shot/reverse shot

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Black: African-American, LGBTQ: Cisgender Male, LGBTQ: Gay Man, LGBTQ: Heterosexual Man, White: White American

"Opera" in Philadelphia. Directed by Jonathan Demme, TriStar Pictures, 1993, Kinolab, https://kinolab.org/FilmClip.php?id=2857

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