Another no dialogue film is THE THIEF with Raymond Milland. Obviously various theatrical adaptations particularly Pinter & Stoppard would have some unusual use of language.
On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 12:22 PM, Chris Lewis <cle...@american.edu> wrote: > A man escaped - with it's spare dialog and narration, depends mostly > on sounds and images to tell the story. > > On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 11:43 AM, <ghand...@library.berkeley.edu> wrote: > > Hi all > > > > An ex-Berkeley faculty friend has posed a very cool reference > question...I > > can use your help: > > > > I'm looking for examples of films that do interesting > > things with words, either written or spoken, or (at the other extreme) > try > > to do without words. I've got lots of silent films with title cards I can > > use, but I am looking for others. Some that come to mind include The Man > > with the Movie Camera, My Dinner with Andre, and Koyaanisqatsi. Any > > further suggestions? I'm interested in credits, subtitles, words on sets, > > dialogue, voiceover, etc. > > > > > > I've come up with Bob Dylan's lyric cards for Subterranean Homesick Blues > > in "Don't Look Back"; the "meta" credits from the movie Stranger Than > > Fiction; Buster Keaton in Samuel Beckett's "Film"(1965); and--oddly > > enough--two Steve Martin Films (LA Story's sentient freeway sign and C.D. > > Bales' [i.e. Cyrano's] hilarious put-down speech: "Let's start with... > > Obvious: 'scuse me, is that your nose or did a bus park on your face? ") > > > > I think Adaptation might have some relevant stuff, but I can't quite > > remember. > > > > What do you say? > > > > Gary Handman > > Director > > Media Resources Center > > Moffitt Library > > UC Berkeley > > > > 510-643-8566 > > ghand...@library.berkeley.edu > > http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC > > > > "I have always preferred the reflection of life to life itself." > > --Francois Truffaut > > > > > > VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of > issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic > control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in > libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as > an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of > communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video > producers and distributors. > > > > > > -- > Chris Lewis > Media Librarian > American University Library > 202.885.3257 > > Please think twice before printing this e-mail. > > VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues > relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, > preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and > related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective > working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication > between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and > distributors. >
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