Films with long stretches of no dialogue
11-18-04, 12:31 AM
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Films with long stretches of no dialogue
For some reason, I just love it when movies can go a long time without any dialogue. Here are a few off the top of my head:
Eraserhead
Elephant
The Isle
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (the beginning)
What other films have you seen that do this?
Eraserhead
Elephant
The Isle
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (the beginning)
What other films have you seen that do this?
11-18-04, 01:05 AM
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Originally posted by TopHatCat64
Gerry <- the king of long stretches of no dialogue
Gerry <- the king of long stretches of no dialogue
How about a film with NO actors and NO dialogue? In fact, 4/5ths of the film has zero people in it!
FIVE - by Abbas Kiarostami
11-18-04, 01:31 AM
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Originally posted by Grimfarrow
Considering that van Sant wholly rips off the techniques from another director, I could hardly call Gerry "King" of anything.
Considering that van Sant wholly rips off the techniques from another director, I could hardly call Gerry "King" of anything.
I'm certainly not defending the quality of the film since I hated it myself.
11-18-04, 06:51 AM
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The 1952 film THE THIEF starring Ray Milland relied on sound effects and music - but not a single word of dialogue.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045230/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045230/
11-18-04, 08:53 AM
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Just like The Good the Bad and the Ugly, Once Upon a Time in the West is also full of long pauses and no dialogue.
The Road Warrior is another one. After the opening voice-over, there's a pretty long stretch were no one says anything.
The Road Warrior is another one. After the opening voice-over, there's a pretty long stretch were no one says anything.
11-18-04, 09:31 AM
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Originally posted by TopHatCat64
I'm certainly not defending the quality of the film since I hated it myself.
I'm certainly not defending the quality of the film since I hated it myself.
I just recently watched Carl Th. Dreyer's Vampyr, and that comes to mind----maybe like ten lines of dialogue for the entirity of the flick.
11-18-04, 10:14 AM
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Originally posted by StrTrkker
Duel...
Duel...
although I swear I hear the big rig talking to me 
