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the single greatest 1 LOCATION movie ever

Liam Hall said:
Doh, just realised this is an old thread...
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Yeah, it's always a good sign when you start reading a thread, know you've seen a similar discussion somewhere before, are surprised to find that you very much agree with a few posts, and then finally recognize that they are posts you made almost two years ago.

...Aaaaand that's how I know I've been on Reduser too long.
 
Yep. I read through this thread thinking to myself "I sure hope someone mentions the big Kahuna.... Oooo The Sacrifice and Solaris. Two really great single location movies! ... oh wait... I posted that... 2 years ago." :D
 
Dial M for Murder.

Not sure if anybody has said that one yet.
 
Nobody mentioned the amazing:

La Grande Bouffe-dir. Marco Ferreri
The Bow-dir. Ki-Duk Kim
Conversations With Other Women-dir. Hans Canosa
 
I was going to say Dial M for Murder (great film) and 12 Angry Men fantastic single location film as is Rear Window.

I don't see how Solaris was one location though...or Hard Candy. The films were shot in one location for the majority I guess...this is stretching the premise of single location though! Tape is the closest you will get for single location I think as It literally is one room.

EDIT as you are...talking of Solaris ideas like STALKER is more apt to single locations and low budgets. Apart from the security post (and the tanks). STALKER is an externalisation of internal turmoil and pretty much just set in the country.

You could say that Last Tango in Paris was majority single location - apart from a bit of walking around.

Of course a lot of Adaptations of theatre are scarce of location such as An Inspector Calls or Waiting for Godot.

Waiting for Godot is fresh in my mind as I saw it performed with Ian McKellen and Patrick Steward last month. Was sensational.
 
Jason Murphy said:
Now, that all depends. What sort of action are you looking for?
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Sounds like an illegal proposition to me! Anyway, 12 Angry Men gets my vote. I mean 1 room and never do you tire of what's going on in that room. My feeling is the tighter the location the better the writing has to be and 12 men in one small room means you got to be a little bit of a genius in your wordsmithing.

Another single locale is the Japanese film 'Woman In The Dunes'. Great location and full of tension and a type of weirdness that only the Japanese can be great at.

trailer http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi2346844441/
 
"Cube" seemed more or less one location (albeit studio). Fun, clever, b-movie though.
 
maguffin's right, "Woman of the Dunes" should rank way up there on the list.
 
Two plus year old thread... BUT had to add the most important independent film of all time... one that defined LOW BUDGET...

not only had one location (restaurant) but the whole thing was shot on sticks and if I remember, it was all a two shot. At least one 45 minute "take" was.

MY DINNER WITH ANDRE :)
 
If my memory serves me correctly I believe " Nailin' Palin " was shot in one location ; )
I think in Alaska... not to far from Russia (as the crow flies) :laugh:

hehe
 
Not exactly one location but close enough to get the idea:
Woman in the Dunes. 12 Angry Men. Solaris. Sunshine. The Others, and,
House of Sand. both have decent "makings of". Death and the Maiden.
Raiders of the Lost Ark. OK, just kidding with that one.
 
Ace said:
The Moonlanding
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Viewed by 600 million.

At 02:39 UTC on Monday July 21 (10:39pm EDT, Sunday July 20), 1969, Armstrong opened the hatch, and at 02:51 UTC began his descent to the Moon's surface. The Remote Control Unit controls on his chest kept him from seeing his feet. Climbing down the nine-rung ladder, Armstrong pulled a D-ring to deploy the Modular Equipment Stowage Assembly (MESA) folded against Eagle's side and activate the TV camera, and at 02:56 UTC (10:56pm EDT) he set his left foot on the surface.[21] The first landing used slow-scan television incompatible with commercial TV, so it was displayed on a special monitor and a conventional TV camera viewed this monitor, significantly reducing the quality of the picture.[22] The signal was received at Goldstone in the USA but with better fidelity by Honeysuckle Creek Tracking Station in Australia. Minutes later the feed was switched to the more sensitive Parkes radio telescope in Australia.[23] Despite some technical and weather difficulties, ghostly black and white images of the first lunar EVA were received and broadcast to at least 600 million people on Earth.[24] Although copies of this video in broadcast format were saved and are widely available, recordings of the original slow scan source transmission from the moon were accidentally destroyed during routine magnetic tape re-use at NASA. Archived copies of the footage were eventually located in Perth, Australia, which was one of the sites that originally received the Moon broadcast.
 
Glengarry GlenRoss - essentially a one location drama (originally a stage play)
Conspiracy at Wannsee (just so horrifying to watch, compulsive)
Funny Games (Essentially a one locationer - couldn't make it as far as the end of the flick - good filmmaking with a big point but I lacked the intestinal fortitude to stick with it)
Panic Room (always struck me as a loose retake on Wait till dawn) -

I would also propose that Sidney Lumet has long been the "one room king" - 12 Angry Men, Dog Day Afternoon, DeathTrap (I love this even though it's daft), Murder on the Orient Express & The Offence (as I recall mostly a police interview) all arguably qualify.
 
Ace said:
The Moonlanding
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Peter Strietmann said:
Viewed by 600 million.

At 02:39 UTC on Monday July 21 (10:39pm EDT, Sunday July 20), 1969, Armstrong opened the hatch, and at 02:51 UTC began his descent to the Moon's surface. The Remote Control Unit controls on his chest kept him from seeing his feet. Climbing down the nine-rung ladder, Armstrong pulled a D-ring to deploy the Modular Equipment Stowage Assembly (MESA) folded against Eagle's side and activate the TV camera, and at 02:56 UTC (10:56pm EDT) he set his left foot on the surface.[21] The first landing used slow-scan television incompatible with commercial TV, so it was displayed on a special monitor and a conventional TV camera viewed this monitor, significantly reducing the quality of the picture.[22] The signal was received at Goldstone in the USA but with better fidelity by Honeysuckle Creek Tracking Station in Australia. Minutes later the feed was switched to the more sensitive Parkes radio telescope in Australia.[23] Despite some technical and weather difficulties, ghostly black and white images of the first lunar EVA were received and broadcast to at least 600 million people on Earth.[24] Although copies of this video in broadcast format were saved and are widely available, recordings of the original slow scan source transmission from the moon were accidentally destroyed during routine magnetic tape re-use at NASA. Archived copies of the footage were eventually located in Perth, Australia, which was one of the sites that originally received the Moon broadcast.
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Thats right. The moonlanding, brought to you by Australia.

God that must be the most delayed reply to a post ever. Thats what, nearly 3 years old? Sheesh.. :)

Maybe I should start going around replying to threads from 2006 for fun.. heheh.
 
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