Favorite One-Location Movies?
These kinds of movies seem to have a great ratio for me. The first one that comes to mind, and the earliest is "12 Angry Men", as well as: "Le Trou" - a great prison movie. "Rope" is a good one that is in real-time (not as good as the aforementioned though)
If I find any that are on YouTube (in full and free), I'll post them. Your favorites? |
It's a genre that I adore. It doesn't have to be too strict in my book, but, aside from -obviously- 12 Angry Men :
Cuisine et Dépendances is my favorite. It's, as often with these things, the adaptation of a theatrical play, but they just added a short intro in a supermarket, and the rest takes place entirely in a kitchen. Imagine Polanski's Carnage but way, way more subtle, complex and deep. Because Jaoui and Bacri were, sorry to say, miles above Yasmina Reza (whom I find way overrated, especially when it comes to endings). Das Boot has a few scenes in a harbor brothel or on a supply ship, but still, it's as one-location as the ultimate submarine movie can be. Okay, granted, it's a location that moves around, is it cheating ? I do also classify The Thing as such, because the isolated Antarctica station does play a lot on that sort of claustrophobia. Being locked in with people you distrust (and might ingest you any time). By the same standard : The Shining, although the overlook is so wide and its topology so wonky it could be numerous places just as well. Also Sleuth. I don't remember the details of that movie, only the love I had for it. Scare Me is a marvellous little movie, just made of conversations (and hilarious sound effects) in a remote cabin. And I have a solid fondness for Dead Calm. Three characters, one boat (and a half), one psycho. And that weird, weird breathy soundtrack... I'd also give some honorable mentions to : All is Lost. A bit like Dead Calm, minus two characters. Open Water. A bit like Dead Calm or All is Lost, but without the boat under the feet. And the second half of Jaws, if I may. The whole first half prevents the movie to be classified as one-location, but damn, does the second half play it well. My Dinner with Andre is lovely, and gives you the impression of having travelled way farther than that restaurant. Garde à vue is a cool film, a lot of tension between the suspect and the cop who is drilling him in that room, but I wasn't too convinced by the ending. Evil Dead and its cabin had efficiently terrified me as a teen. And Murder by Death should count too, I guess, with its and-then-there-were-none kind of manor. (For the record : Far far far, far far at the bottom of the list is Room 1408 because haha, hahahaha, hahaha.) |
Originally Posted by Flicker (Post 2215681)
It's a genre that I adore. It doesn't have to be too strict in my book, but, aside from -obviously- 12 Angry Men :
Das Boot By the same standard : The Shining, although the overlook is so wide and its topology so wonky it could be numerous places just as well. My Dinner with Andre is lovely, and gives you the impression of having travelled way farther than that restaurant. G .) I actually come here after remembering "My Dinner With Andre", which so far, is my favorite among the ones I have posted in the OP.. It was an original at that time. And not only was the best in one-location, but 99% of it was in real-time (in the first 5 minutes as they are walking to meet each other). I keep hearing about "Das Boot", but might have had problems finding it, and I only spend the $4 rental about once a year...... Is this the movie dialogue-driven? "The Shining" is another good example. I've seen it a handful of times, but not in 15 years or so. I plan on watching one of the movies on my watch-list (I posted this elsewhere and got a ton of responses) soon. |
Originally Posted by matt72582 (Post 2215699)
I keep hearing about "Das Boot", but might have had problems finding it, and I only spend the $4 rental about once a year...... Is this the movie dialogue-driven?
(The original novel is pretty talkative though.) Also if you liked the minimalist approach of My Dinner With André, you should check out Scare Me. It's just people telling each others invented stories and interrupting them to comment. It's like two hours of the Indianapolis narration scene from Jaws, except with improvised fictions. I really wish it would turn into a genre. |
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I never lose an opportunity to pimp this film... Conspiracy (2001)
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Who can forget My Dinner With Andre, which never moved more than a few feet. It was not only one location, but one table. Two guys sit in a Manhattan restaurant and talk about stuff. It's been a while, but I recall that, aside from entering the restaurant, nobody moved more than it took to shift their feet under the table. I don't know how they managed to spend 475K on the budget. Dinner even managed to get a 92 from Rotten Tomatoes.
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Originally Posted by Flicker (Post 2215710)
Not really. It's the quintessential WW2 sub movie, so, it's mostly sweat-driven, silence-driven, and Doldinger-driven (I mean, the soundtrack is great, but I'm one post short of being allowed to post a link). It's all the tropes you know from the others (Silent Running, Torpedo Run, U-571, The Enemy Below, etc), except much better done. It blows all other submarine movies out of the water, neither before nor afterward has any movie managed to capture its grit, oppression and realism. It kinda made the whole genre pointless. But it's more about nervous sobbing than profound discussions. Its strong anti-war message is mostly conveyed through a couple of long silent glances.
(The original novel is pretty talkative though.) Also if you liked the minimalist approach of My Dinner With André, you should check out Scare Me. It's just people telling each others invented stories and interrupting them to comment. It's like two hours of the Indianapolis narration scene from Jaws, except with improvised fictions. I really wish it would turn into a genre. Thanks.. I'll look up that movie. Appreciate it! |
The Sunset Limited is a film I like very much, I like the discussion, the acting, the set, the environment, you can fell New York City. Rear Window is a very well known film, I don't need to talk anything about it, I'm sure almost everyone here know it. The Man from Earth is a film I don't really liked very much, at least the first time I saw it, it's about a man that's been here since the time of Christ, I actually think he was Christ in the film, I can't recall, anyway, this guy is like a chameleon trough the ages in the planet and in one reunion with colleges and tells them and try to convince them. Phone Booth is also a very well known movie, one of my favorite Colin Farrell's movies, maybe the tiniest place one has acted. Dog Day Afternoon, to me the Sidney's Lumet greatest, also one of the best Al Pacino's performances.
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"12 Angry Men" and for the most part, " Room".
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Originally Posted by EsmagaSapos (Post 2215817)
The Man from Earth is a film I don't really liked very much, at least the first time I saw it, it's about a man that's been here since the time of Christ, I actually think he was Christ in the film, I can't recall, anyway, this guy is like a chameleon trough the ages in the planet and in one reunion with colleges and tells them and try to convince them. Phone Booth is also a very well known movie, one of my favorite Colin Farrell's movies, maybe the tiniest place one has acted. Dog Day Afternoon, to me the Sidney's Lumet greatest, also one of the best Al Pacino's performances.
I found it to be a silly movie (the man from earth), but I LOVE "Dog Day Afternoon"... The only music you hear is in the beginning, "Amoreena" by Elton John (don't know why that just came into my mind) |
Originally Posted by matt72582 (Post 2215699)
"The Shining" is another good example. I've seen it a handful of times, but not in 15 years or so.
Have you seen Session 9? That's a great one-location film. |
Portrait of Jason is the answer to so many of these questions.
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Originally Posted by James Kubrickson (Post 2215917)
That'd be my pick.
Have you seen Session 9? That's a great one-location film. No, never even heard of it, but I'll look it up. Thanks! |
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Check out 'Lebanon'. It's like Das Boot in a tank.
Climax? Does 'Cries and Whispers' count? Coherence? The Passion of Joan or Arc? The Lighthouse? Moon? Bo Burnham: Inside The Naked Island? Russian Ark Krisha Kajaki 2 new ones that might count: Oxygen Shiva Baby |
Originally Posted by ScarletLion (Post 2216015)
Check out 'Lebanon'. It's like Das Boot in a tank.
Thanks for the recommendation, but I boycott apartheidisrael |
Originally Posted by matt72582 (Post 2216115)
Thanks for the recommendation, but I boycott apartheidisrael
Speaking exclusively to the Observer, Maoz said: "The point of a film like mine is to open a dialogue, to get people talking to each other about important issues. This is something you can't do if films are boycotted. It makes no sense to boycott art. Maybe I wouldn't have won if Jane Fonda was on the jury, but she wasn't."
The film, with its powerful anti-war message, has proved controversial in Israel. Although it has not yet been widely released, some commentators have raised concerns that the film will deter young men from volunteering for the army. According to the director, there were powerful figures in Israel opposed to the film competing at Venice. No country, culture or society is monolithic. If you oppose one State's policies, maybe you should support the dissenting voices within it, and the artists who, within a society, offer to it their alternative viewpoints, rather than blanketing them with some global boycott. That said, I haven't seen that film, so I don't know exactly its perspective. I only advocate for individual benefits of doubt, in such situations. And I support movies raising questions even if they don't go far enough, or show clumsinesses of their own. Hey, I really, really love The Beast of War (sounds like a similar theme, but about a Russian tank in Afghanistan), which narrative could be debated to no end, but has an interesting voice of its own. Also, unrelated to the one-location genre, Waltz with Bashir is an Israeli movie denouncing Israel's responsibility in the Sabra and Chatila massacre. Are you certain you would want to be on the side that would boycott it ? I'm not saying these are easy questions, but I still find blanket boycotts easily fratricide, absurdly punishing allies. It should be a more focused tool. |
Room with Brie Larson would fall into this category.
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Originally Posted by Flicker (Post 2216142)
Source : https://www.theguardian.com/film/200...-film-festival
No country, culture or society is monolithic. If you oppose one State's policies, maybe you should support the dissenting voices within it, and the artists who, within a society, offer to it their alternative viewpoints, rather than blanketing them with some global boycott. That said, I haven't seen that film, so I don't know exactly its perspective. I only advocate for individual benefits of doubt, in such situations. And I support movies raising questions even if they don't go far enough, or show clumsinesses of their own. Hey, I really, really love The Beast of War (sounds like a similar theme, but about a Russian tank in Afghanistan), which narrative could be debated to no end, but has an interesting voice of its own. Also, unrelated to the one-location genre, Waltz with Bashir is an Israeli movie denouncing Israel's responsibility in the Sabra and Chatila massacre. Are you certain you would want to be on the side that would boycott it ? I'm not saying these are easy questions, but I still find blanket boycotts easily fratricide, absurdly punishing allies. It should be a more focused tool. It worked in South Africa. |
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The Stranger, Sleuth, Das Boot, Saw, 12 Angry Men and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner do come to mind.
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Originally Posted by matt72582 (Post 2216115)
Thanks for the recommendation, but I boycott apartheidisrael
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The Sunset Limited
10 Cloverfield Lane 12 Angry Men Deathtrap Rear Window |
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Compliance with Ann Dowd is another one. Excellent movie btw.
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Re-watched The Rear Window recently. Most of it is from the rear window, looking out at an alley, to the building on the other side. Jimmy Stewart's character has a broken leg, can't go very far. A "making of" featurette shows that Hitchcock had the apartment and alley view built on a back lot and that was all you saw in the film. Great flick, by the way.
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Aside from the original 12 Angry Men (1957), I'd like to point out its two remakes that are both top level works:
William Friedkin's 12 Angry Men (1997) and Nikita Mikhalkov's 12 (2007) Also in this category is: Michael Haneke's superb work Amour (2012). |
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Amazing post
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Originally Posted by KipEDunn (Post 2218097)
Amazing post
Thanks for risking your neck so much in your praise that you had to get yourself banned :) |
I don t think it s better , it has maybe a better character development in some places but the original is better paced, more coherent,with a legendary score, has that dread feel, and cary tagawa was just a much better chang sung, all in all i prefer the original
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Originally Posted by yisoo (Post 2218140)
I don t think it s better , it has maybe a better character development in some places but the original is better paced, more coherent,with a legendary score, has that dread feel, and cary tagawa was just a much better chang sung, all in all i prefer the original
Can I ask which movie you are referring to? |
‘Locke’ starring Tom Hardy.
Really good film. The whole movie is Tom Hardy driving in a car and talking on the phone. |
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Seconded, Locke is excellent.
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Wavelength obviously
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Just remembered The Guilty (2018).
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Buried
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I saw "Panic Room" yesterday and it was so bad I didn't bother to list it under "Rate Your Last Movie" thread. Yes, I've seen worse movies, but usually these kinds of movies are good. But that movie was generic as hell, and got old rather quickly.
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Originally Posted by matt72582 (Post 2219756)
I saw "Panic Room" yesterday and it was so bad I didn't bother to list it under "Rate Your Last Movie" thread. Yes, I've seen worse movies, but usually these kinds of movies are good. But that movie was generic as hell, and got old rather quickly.
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Glengarry Glen Ross
Fantastic cast in a fantastic film |
Die Hard (ok, this one is questionable) ;)
Alien Ex Machina The Thing |
Originally Posted by matt72582 (Post 2219756)
I saw "Panic Room" yesterday and it was so bad I didn't bother to list it under "Rate Your Last Movie" thread. Yes, I've seen worse movies, but usually these kinds of movies are good. But that movie was generic as hell, and got old rather quickly.
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Originally Posted by Stirchley (Post 2220309)
I bailed out the first time around. But I re-watched it last year - wanted to see Kristen Stewart when she was very young - and it wasn’t bad at all.
I thought that was a boy until Jodie Foster started to talk to others, referring her to as "she". |
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"Secret Honor" (Robert Altman)
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The Thing 1982
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The Thing From Another World - 1951. Aside from some brief outside views which were obviously shot in a studio, it was all inside a frigid, claustrophobic polar installation. Even the outside views never strayed from a studio with a white, painted backdrop with a wind machine blowing plastic snow across the set. It's really a genre classic that set the stereotype for a lot of movies like that, not to mention the various sequels (especially Carpenter's excellent re-boot) and a prequel.
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The Raid: Redemption, which may be my favorite action movie. Dredd (2012) isn't half bad either. I also really like Johnnie To's Breaking News, which I think qualifies and of course Die Hard. In short, if it's an action movie set in a high-rise, I'll probably like it.
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Okay, part of the second act moves to a neighborhood bar, but the majority of the film takes place in George and Martha's living room. |
Originally Posted by Torgo (Post 2230670)
The Raid: Redemption, which may be my favorite action movie. Dredd (2012) isn't half bad either. I also really like Johnnie To's Breaking News, which I think qualifies and of course Die Hard. In short, if it's an action movie set in a high-rise, I'll probably like it.
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Originally Posted by StuSmallz (Post 2230851)
Ever seen the original Assault On Precinct 13, then?
It's horror and not action, but Cube is another good one. No one's mentioned it yet, surprisingly. |
Locke (except for the first few minutes).
The Hill maybe. |
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I saw "Cube" a month ago.. The acting was so lousy, and didn't care about the movie overall.... It could have been good, though.
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Tennessee Williams Orpheus Descending
12 angry men Glen gary, glen ross etc. A lot of plays that have been adapted for film. |
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Most airplane, "Airport," or hi-jacking movies.
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Originally Posted by WHITBISSELL! (Post 2230894)
Locke (except for the first few minutes).
The Hill maybe. Can't believe I forgot about Locke...loved that movie. |
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I don t even get what does this thread title mean?
Favorite-one???location movies? I don t even think it s proper english...no offence |
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Sure, if you're gonna move the hyphen around it's not gonna make sense, that probably stands true for most sentences with hyphens in them. Personally I'd have swapped out "one" for "single" but the thread title is just fine.
I'll add the wonderfully brutal at times Scum into the discussion. |
Originally Posted by rambond (Post 2233797)
I don t even get what does this thread title mean?
Favorite-one???location movies? I don t even think it s proper english...no offence You couldn't even read the title properly.. Look at the message above. I think you also need to buy an apostrophe. |
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rear window
12 angry men misery |
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Plenty of good ones already mentioned.
Lifeboat. Fences comes close. |
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Speaking of "My Dinner With Andre" - I see it's on YouTube for free (although you CAN pay for it on YouTube)
https://youtu.be/eOtTnBlwWjs |
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Aside from 12 Angry Mean, Rope is the one that comes to mind.
The Passion of Joan of Arc doesn't stray more than about 50m. Ditto a Streetcar Named Desire. Last Year at Marienbad 150m. The Lighthouse 200m The Others 300m Onibaba 500m Repulsion 500m Until right at the end, Key Largo is all set at and around the hotel, albeit in different parts of the premises. |
1408
Devil (2010) |
Originally Posted by nikki800 (Post 2493685)
Exam (2009), not bad at all
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The Dawn of the Dead movies are great when theyre in the shopping mall.
Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn |
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Mass (2021) is probably my favourite in the one-location-stories.
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round europe
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