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Top 10 People-On-The-Phone-In-Cinema

29.08.2016 , James , Drifting Clouds Cinema Blog

Telephones are an economical source of tension in cinema (who’s calling?), and are intrinsically mysterious (who’s calling?). Look at the faces of characters on the telephone and they usually wear a worried expression, for they are confronting the mystery or trying to avert a threat.

Notable exclusions this time, included; Cronenberg’s Scanners, His Girl Friday and The Kid With The Bike.

Part two of this list can now be found here.

In no particular order.

Repulsion (Roman Polanski, 1965). Nominated by @rbrotlwr.

Repulsion (Roman Polanski, 1965).
Nominated by @rbrotlwr.

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Once Upon A Time America (Sergio Leone, 1984)
Suggested by Richie Abraham.

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Dial M For Murder (Alfred Hitchcock, 1954)
Nominated by @PaulFitz1963 and @monserratlj.

Three Colours: Red (Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1994).

Three Colours: Red (Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1994).

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Lost Highway (David Lynch, 1997)
Nominated by @adamjeal, @plasteuf.

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Goodfellas (Martin Scorsese, 1990).
Thanks to @baznut & @afafs_.

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Indiscreet (Stanley Donen, 1958)
Suggested by @AlexGHoffman.

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The Horse’s Mouth (Ronald Neame, 1958).
@mandahadi nominated this title.

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Sorry, Wrong Number (Anatole Litvak, 1958)
Nominated by @GloriaBB2, @kari_2KXI and @Sweetburlingame.

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Un Flic (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1972)
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James

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