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the single greatest 1 LOCATION movie ever

Now this has come up again I will have to answer again. The single BEST (IMO) single location film is Last Year at Marienbad.
 
THOMAS IN LOVE

Shot "from" one location. Just a bunch of rooms and some not necessary animated sequences. A cool experiment.
 
PONTYPOOL:
New release. Apart from one brief opening sequence,
the movie takes place in a small town radio station as frightened
locals call in and describe a disease that induces a zombie like
state overtaking the population. The radio station may be
the only haven, and it seems that the malady is being spread
through syntax. Black comedy, very decent.
 
Joe G. said:
"Gerry "

Warning, this is one of the all time worst movies ever shot.

If I ever see Matt Damon, I'm going to demand compensation for my time.
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I don´t think its THAT bad. Definitely not on my top list, but Ive seen much worse. I like some of the cinematography in it and the soundtrack isn´t bad either.

But yeah, stay away from it if you can´t appreciate slow hypnotic movies! :)
 
<b>"Gerry"

"I don´t think its THAT bad. "</b>

Well that's where we disagree. It is quite probably THE worst movie ever. Nothing happens. For hours. Nothing.

The people behind it should be strapped down, Clockwork Orange style and made to watch it repeatedly with their eyes taped open until they agree to never attempt to make another film.
 
A Tale of Two Sisters

Asian horror .. you will the movie on youtube.com. I loved the film !
 
Joe G. said:
<b>"Gerry"

"I don´t think its THAT bad. "</b>

Well that's where we disagree. It is quite probably THE worst movie ever. Nothing happens. For hours. Nothing.

The people behind it should be strapped down, Clockwork Orange style and made to watch it repeatedly with their eyes taped open until they agree to never attempt to make another film.
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Come on. Gerry isn't a masterpiece, but it's certainly not the worst movie ever. Not even remotely close. In fact, something DOES happen (admittedly, it is only ONE thing, and it happens about an hour and a half in). It's beautifully shot by Harris Savides, and the Arvo Pärt score is great, to boot. Also, I'm pretty sure the people who made it watched it more than anyone else ever will; usually part of the job. They then went on to make Elephant and Paranoid Park, which are among the best American films of the decade (and Last Days, which is pretty amazing, too. Also Milk).

Also, the only way that Gerry is a single location movie is if you count 'The Desert' as a single location. In which case, I've gotta give props to 'Lawrence of Arabia' and '2001: A Space Odyssey,' which almost entirely take place in other single locations, namely, 'Arabia' and 'Space.'

EDIT: Well, hey. Just now realized I made the same point two and a half years ago, and about 5-odd months ago, learned for the second time how old of a thread this was. Now I'm back for the hat trick, it seems. Zombie thread, anyone?
 
Great thread and great inspiration guys :posti:
 
Sliver
Murder on the Orient Express (if you count the train)
The Ninth Configuration
The Wizard of Oz
One From The Heart
The House on Haunted Hill
The Exorcist
The Keep
Time Crimes
The Poseidon Adventure
The Amityville Horror
Escape from Alcatraz
Moby Dick
Clue
High Plains Drifter
Key Largo
Outland
Silent Running
Cujo
The Paper
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
The Ghost and the Darkness
Neighbors
Memphis Belle
The Cat's Meow
Dead Calm
Flight of the Phoenix
Miracle Mile
Donovan's Reef
Taking of Pelham 123
Moon
Enemy at the Gates
 
Funny how often this question comes up. A bit of copy n paste (and some of these are stretching the notion of 'one location' a bit)...

Repulsion, Rosemary's Baby, Panic Room, Wait Until Dark, Sleuth,
Gosford Park, A Man Escaped, Riot in Cell Block 11, Shawshank
redemption, Kiss Of The Spider Woman, Birdman of Alcatraz, Phone
Booth, Dogville, Clerks, 12 Angry Nen, Rope, Rear Window, Dial M
for Murder, Cube, Sphere, Murder On The Orient Express, Cluedo,
Breakfast Club, The Big Chill, Death and the Maiden, Glengarry
Glen Ross, The Lion in Winter, Cube 2, Sphere, My Dinner With
Andre, The Haunting, Elephant, Two Girls and a Guy, Russian Ark,
Moon, Dog Day Afternoon, Cat On a Hot Tin Roof, Streetcar Named
Desire, Rain, Mommie Dearest, Misery, Whatever Happened to Baby
Jane, The Collector, The Anderson Tapes, Come Back to the Five
and Dime Jimmy Dean, Hotel, The Caretaker, The Lightship, The
Bunker, Downfall, Evil Dead, Fermat's Room, Night of the Living Dead...

Do Dark Star, Alien, Silent Running, Fantastic Voyage, Die Hard,
Towering Inferno, Titanic, or The Poseidon Adventure count? Knife
in the Water, Dead Calm, and Adrift probably would.

But most of these are actually filmed on a set, with the single
location serving the plot. Many started as stage plays. A real
location rarely offers sufficient size or flexibility. Resevoir
Dogs is often quoted, but several big scenes take place
elsewhere.

Are you determined to not have any exterior shots? Why so?
 
The Exterminating Angel- Luis Bunuel, praised by Hitchcock as the best director ever.
 
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