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Post by BATouttaheck on Jan 27, 2020 0:49:14 GMT
Movies with crucial scenes of people using telephones _ essays, comments, images are (as always) welcome and encouraged   |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jan 27, 2020 0:52:44 GMT
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jan 27, 2020 1:01:44 GMT
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Post by OldAussie on Jan 27, 2020 1:08:31 GMT
Sweet Bird of Youth - best scene in the movie -  All the President's Men - many scenes.... /cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/54719051/allthepres.0.png) |
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Post by OldAussie on Jan 27, 2020 1:09:58 GMT
Failsafe  |
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Post by OldAussie on Jan 27, 2020 1:14:41 GMT
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jan 27, 2020 1:16:29 GMT
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Post by mikef6 on Jan 27, 2020 1:24:45 GMT
According to Oscar Lore, it was the phone scene in The Great Ziegfeld that won Best Actress for Louise Rainer, The Viennese Teardrop.  |
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Post by mikef6 on Jan 27, 2020 1:32:30 GMT
Deanna Durbin is being watched by thug Allan Jenkins in Lady On A Train  |
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Post by bravomailer on Jan 27, 2020 1:34:18 GMT
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Post by mikef6 on Jan 27, 2020 1:37:37 GMT
Tom Hardy is on his (hands-free) car phone for the entire 85 minutes of Locke (2013).  |
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Post by london777 on Jan 27, 2020 1:39:11 GMT
What is interesting is how many plots of earlier movies would have been invalid had cell-phones then existed. Even today, films sometimes use contrived excuses as to why a character cannot do the obvious thing and make a phone-call.
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Post by mikef6 on Jan 27, 2020 1:44:33 GMT
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Post by mikef6 on Jan 27, 2020 1:52:09 GMT
"Marty" keeps calling but just can't get a date.  |
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Post by mikef6 on Jan 27, 2020 1:54:52 GMT
What is interesting is how many plots of earlier movies would have been invalid had cell-phones then existed. Even today, films sometimes use contrived excuses as to why a character cannot do the obvious thing and make a phone-call. I have noticed how many recent films have been set in the 1970s or '80s. I think it is precisely for this reason.
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Post by bravomailer on Jan 27, 2020 2:31:08 GMT
Haven't seen THE STERILE CUCKOO since it was released, bravo, but, oh did I love it then!! Ever since seeing The Sterile Cuckoo, I've had a soft spot and some sympathy for the often-troubled Liza Minelli.
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Post by bravomailer on Jan 27, 2020 2:35:47 GMT
The Misfits  Dirty Harry  |
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Post by Doghouse6 on Jan 27, 2020 2:40:41 GMT
Midnight Lace - 1960 Doris Day is plagued by a series of threatening phone calls.    The Slender Thread - 1965 Crisis line volunteer Sidney Poitier picks up for suicidal Anne Bancroft.   The Human Voice - 1967 Ingrid Bergman carries a one-woman show with a drawn-out lovers' breakup by phone.  
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Post by bravomailer on Jan 27, 2020 2:43:52 GMT
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Post by mikef6 on Jan 27, 2020 2:56:24 GMT
From Hitchcock's Rebecca:  |
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