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This limitation can yield some very interesting ideas.
Saw (great horror movie!)
Gerry ( Takes place all in the desert with a total of 2 characters. Pretty cool, not a first date kind of movie though, hah, its long.
12 angry men (pretty solid drama / murder mystery that focuses on prejudices)
Cube (this sort of counts? Really cool thriller)
Phonebooth ( not so much  )
Resevoir dogs (is a pretty good movie that doesn't really fit in this thread at all..)
And tomorrow I'm going to check out "The Man From Earth" which is a more recent movie, which was reccomended to me but I dont know what it is about.
Just seeing what sort of suggestions might people have. I'd also be interested in any with just one or two characters throughout the film.
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The Green Mile is almost entirely in the same place
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The Man From Earth is equally as awesome as 12 Angry Men, personally.
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i'm not sure if reservoir dogs was really all in 1 room lol
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"Rope" was one I saw recently. It's an old Hitchcock movie shot in a single apartment and the whole thing is shot in one take (technically).
edit: oh, and since this is pretty recent I thought Buried would've gotten mentioned in the OP.
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On June 06 2010 07:38 Fallen33 wrote:
i'm not sure if reservoir dogs was really all in 1 room lol
It's pushing it a bit but it's probably a lot closer than you think! Aside from a couple flashbacks I think everything happens in the warehouse.
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Room 401 or something, some horror movie in a hotel where every guest that has checked into the room dies and a paranormal investigator checks in the room ......
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Well "Russian Ark" was filmed with one shot, no cuts. Movie takes place in the Hermitage Museum. Though people without a Russian background might not understand it, or will find it boring.
(Oh, hey ella_guru)
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Panic Room. Though that movie was average at best. Resevoir dogs doesn't belong on this list though.
Edit: Also, The Others takes place in 1 house (and its surrounding yard).
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Resevoir dogs technically doesn't take place in one room. Even though there are a lot of flashbacks and timeline chops, that's done for dramatic effect. the brunt of the story takes place outside of the room.
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On June 06 2010 07:42 ella_guru wrote:Show nested quote +On June 06 2010 07:38 Fallen33 wrote:
i'm not sure if reservoir dogs was really all in 1 room lol It's pushing it a bit but it's probably a lot closer than you think! Aside from a couple flashbacks I think everything happens in the warehouse.
Half of it is flashbacks though plus some of the robbery itself. I wonder what inspired you to make this kind of thread anyways, just curious.
I'm pretty sure that Mikhalkovs movie "12" will fit in if you're fine with Reservoir Dogs being there.
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I mean Gerry is such a stretch too, it's like where do we draw the line. Okay, one room, okay, one house. Okay, the desert. One town?
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(Hey Hier hah)
Id never heard of this "buried" movie, should I be skeptical that it's ryan reynolds for an hour and a half or does he pull it off? I think the idea is clever though.
Why make a thread like this? necessity is the mother of invention and all that stuff. It's cool to see how much film makers can do with so little, be it budget, set design, or what have you. Often times their art transcends its' bounds. Panic Room not so much....
Good call on the breakfast club ^^
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The Man from Earth comes to mind. Although its not completely in one room, the whole movie basically happens without anyone moving more than ten meters.
I personally thought it was pretty awesome, too.
But if you're one of those people who need some action, this movie isn't for you ;x
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^ I'm definitely checking out that one now.
On June 06 2010 08:05 condoriano wrote:
I mean Gerry is such a stretch too, it's like where do we draw the line. Okay, one room, okay, one house. Okay, the desert. One town?
I don't care. I'm not looking to catalog and make some sort of authoritative index. This is for me, not you !
I include Gerry because it has the features of the one set movie. In this way, the minimalist set either makes or breaks the film. It has the isolation sort of aspect I find interesting, with dialogue driving the story, hearing about past events but we can't be sure how true the characters' memories are because we weren't "there" to see them.
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One of the best movies from the last decade.
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