Miscellaneous Movie Musings

Prudence · 07-30-2006, 12:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Motorboat Cruiser

I watched 12 Angry Men today for the second time. God, I love this movie. To have an entire film basically occur in one room, with a very sparse score, and nothing to carry it along other than brilliant dialog and wonderful acting. No special effects, no exotic locales, no overbearing soundtrack. Just 12 people talking. And I was glued to the screen the entire time. Great stuff.

Oooh! Then check out Closetland! Okay - totally dissimilar except for the one room thing. And knock the cast down to two.

Alex · 07-30-2006, 09:10 AM

12 Angry Men is one of the few examples I can think of where simply filming the stage production works magnificently. I don't know why it does, but it does.

On the great dying young thing another example that occured to me this morning is Elizabeth Taylor. Can you imagine how built up she'd be by this point if we hadn't spent the last 40 years just watching her get old?

07-30-2006, 09:10 AM	#2
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	12 Angry Men is one of the few examples I can think of where simply filming the stage production works magnificently. I don't know why it does, but it does. On the great dying young thing another example that occured to me this morning is Elizabeth Taylor. Can you imagine how built up she'd be by this point if we hadn't spent the last 40 years just watching her get old?
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