The dialogue in Bringing up Baby is rather fabulous. Sandra F. Jackson Film Program Coordinator Lumina Theater & Sharky's Box Office Department of Campus Life The University of North Carolina Wilmington Phone 910.962.7971 Fax: 910-962-7438 [email protected] http://www.uncw.edu/lumina NOTICE: Emails sent and received in the course of university business are subject to the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. ยง132-1 et seq.) and may be released to the public unless an exception applies.
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jessica Rosner Sent: Monday, November 01, 2010 12:06 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Videolib] Cool reference question...your assistance? Well there are number of amazing "Fast talking films " with overlapping & fast dialogue, probably the most famous is HIS GIRL FRIDAY, but film fans claim the all time fastest dialogue was in THE TRIAL OF VIVIENNE WARE (1932) . Many years later Altman did wonderful things with overlapping dialogue in CALIFORNIA SPLIT among others. Mel Brook's silent film has a lot of fun with the idea of a modern silent film with title cards and of course only one word of actual dialogue. Also credit where credit is do, THE SIXTH SENSE may make the most imaginative use of dialogue since the end forces you to reevaluate all the previous dialogue. For non word films, THE LAST LAUGH. It has not title cards at all. On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 11:43 AM, <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> 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 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> 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.
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.
