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Poll Suggestion: Dragged and Locked
Some movies are about a situation, when people are dragged into a room
for different reasons. They may dragged themselves into the room by accident, some got willfully in such a situation and some even have been forced into the room. I exclude such classics like '12 Angry Men' from the list, because the other movies instantly would have no chance. ;)
Which of these depressing or oppressive one-room situations seems to be the most interesting?
(Felt ~80% of playtime, better more should take place in that one room. It can be down to ~70% of playtime when the room is an eminent stylistic part of the story. No movie rated below 5/10.)
https://www.imdb.com/list/ls040436635/
for different reasons. They may dragged themselves into the room by accident, some got willfully in such a situation and some even have been forced into the room. I exclude such classics like '12 Angry Men' from the list, because the other movies instantly would have no chance. ;)
Which of these depressing or oppressive one-room situations seems to be the most interesting?
(Felt ~80% of playtime, better more should take place in that one room. It can be down to ~70% of playtime when the room is an eminent stylistic part of the story. No movie rated below 5/10.)
https://www.imdb.com/list/ls040436635/
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Should Birdman of Alcatraz count? if it does then any prison movie would be eligible, maybe you could include only regular rooms were characters are locked for different reasons than crimes.
Also, while Buried takes place in a small space, I don't know if a coffin should count as a room.
FYC:
The Exterminating Angel (1962), one of Luis Buñuel most famous films where the guests to a dinner party are unexplainably unable to leave the dining room.
Devil (2010) - people locked in an elevator with the devil.
La habitación de Fermat (2007) - mathematicians try to escape a room.
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Breumaster
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Hi.
When I think of 'Buried', you might be right.
It isn't really a room so will put it off the list.
But if some other user think it should be on the list,
I might put it on the list again.
When it comes to 'Birdman of Alcatraz',
I think it's fair enough to let it stay on the list by the one rule.
But on the oher hand, it's a classic like '12 angy man', which I
excluded in the rules, even when it is not so a hard classic
like '12 Angry Men'. So I will put it of the list.
Jail movies do not automatically fit, if one of them might fit.
There are even rarely movies in jail, that play in only one room
the most of the time. Some examples, that don't:
Shawshank Redemption
Lock Up
Escape Plan
The Longest Yard
The Green Mile
American History X
Papillon
Bronson
Despite some of them are real powerful classics, none of
them could be on the list, because there isn't 70% playtime
in only one room in any of them.
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FYC:
OldBoy (original)
Split
Glass
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051744/
Almost all the movie is set in the house, I don't know if houses are eligible.
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