Sentences with phrase «overlapping dialogue»

His famous overlapping dialogue, for which he invented a new sound recording system, is an attempt to deny that only one character talks at a time.

The Rules of the Game has much overlapping dialogue and very few reverse - angle shots.

... the swirling morass of overlapping dialogue in Trey Edward Shults» Krisha.

It doesn't have the sweeping quality of a Robert Altman film, but the revered director's penchant for overlapping dialogue is certainly a factor here, as is some amateurish acting.

With its fascinating flawed characters, evocative cinematography by the great Vilmos Zsigmond, innovative overlapping dialogue, and haunting use of Leonard Cohen songs, McCabe & Mrs. Miller brilliantly deglamorized and revitalized the most American of genres.

This emphasis on behavioral naturalism — as well as his penchant for orchestrating overlapping dialogue — imbues his films with a down - to - earth, lived - in feeling.

But he was beloved by actors and changed the language of cinema, moving the speedy overlapping dialogue of Howard Hawks into the»70s vernacular with sinuous, moving, zooming cameras, presaging the cinema verite, Steadicam era.

All of the fancy overlapping dialogue is there, with just a bit of raunch thrown in to make it interesting.

It brought a crackling comic awareness of American corruption into popular culture, and it made rapid - fire, overlapping dialogue fashionable, turning Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur into the hottest writing team around, on the Great White Way or in Tinseltown.

Altman's trademark overlapping dialogue works really well in this flick as does the music by John Williams and Johnny Mercer.

He makes up for it in the next scene, usually with some great overlapping dialogue shots, but Lifeboat's a propaganda picture.

Gosford Park (Robert Altman, 2001): Altman's last great film, this upstairs / downstairs story of a cacophonous weekend gathering at a British country house showcases everything the master did best: There's slyly funny class analysis, deceptively casual overlapping dialogue, and an ensemble of marvelous actors given free rein to improvise and create.

EDELSTEIN: That scene's loose, overlapping dialogue as two characters on different wavelengths do and don't connect is one of the movie's glories.

Even when the director takes it too far — unceasingly pushing his camera through hallways and into ringing phones, or tilting up to the ceiling and spinning around a morally conflicted Graham — his curiosity is never less than winning, and his direction has rarely felt so energetic, giddy with scenes of overlapping dialogue and deftly orchestrated, impromptu conference calls.

Saturated in Altman's typical style including a roving camera and his predilection for overlapping dialogue, The Long Goodbye is a stalwart of the revisionist cinema of the 70's, completely entertaining and truly deserving of the term «classic.»

His rapid - fire, overlapping dialogue, full of phrases that turn in on themselves with eyebrow fully cocked, has shown up in the work of countless subsequent playwrights, not to mention in the wordier shoals of weekly TV.

And to add to this gorgeous period detail, Spielberg reproduces some of the characteristic middle - distance sound design and overlapping dialogue of his film work from the 70s.

Hallmarks of Altman's aural and visual style are evident everywhere - overlapping dialogue, life - like improvised roles and ensemble acting, multiple means of communication to connect the characters (phone calls, tape recordings, radio and TV, and P.A. announcements), a continuously moving camera, long takes, and imaginative sound and film editing.

It's full of pop music and overlapping dialogue.

The audio track is similarly excellent, especially considering the film's mixing of overlapping dialogue, raucous and noisy crowd scenes, and incidental music — much of which is provided by Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention.

Ridley shot and edited the movie with lots of long takes, overlapping dialogue, some challenging non-linear editing during certain scenes, and used historical footage and old photos from the period.

Angels is a precursor to a Robert Altman film in its bursts of rapid - fire, overlapping dialogue and its offhanded tragicomedy and improvisational snap.

It is a novel way to get into the setting, and the opening minutes, with their overlapping dialogue and small talk, feel fresh.

The performances are richer on a second viewing, and the overlapping dialogue also becomes clearer if one uses the English subtitles option.

While it may be worthy of its «classic» designation because represents a major innovation in the technology of filmmaking (the soundtrack was recorded live on 24 tracks, allowing Altman to overlap the dialogue and music without losing clarity) but also cultural relevance.

At a swanky suburban residence, the film transforms into a full - fledged screwball farce, sending characters constantly in and out of frame, jokes flying fast in a torrent of overlapping dialogue.

The stars shine out for maestro Altman There are some things we've come to expect from a Robert Altman film: a large cast of characters and several interlocking storylines (with a few sub-plots) often set up through snatches of overheard, overlapping dialogue.

Letts rolls out his characters with tangy, overlapping dialogue and dread, emergent memories.

The film's Dolby 5.1 mix reflects the care director Singer and editor / composer Ottman invested in the various sound effects, overlapping dialogue, and orchestral soundtrack elements, and the mix faithfully recreates the original theatrical experience.

The intentional cacophony of the soundtrack, which mixes grating music with loud and overlapping dialogue, sounds appropriately dizzying in either the original 2.0 audio or a 5.1 surround mix.