Features that take place in one location.

Michael Anthony Horrigan

Michael Anthony Horrigan

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I want to combine a list of features that take place in one location. I'm willing to bend on that a little. For example, I consider Reservoir Dogs as one even though I know there are plenty of scenes that take place outside of the warehouse.*

But are there many features that take place in ONE location? If you know any please post them here. Also, please post films like the example above (Reservoir Dogs) if you feel the majority of the film takes place in one prime location.

The better the film the more likely I'll want to see it. :)

Thanks!

List so far...

Reservoir Dogs*
12 Angry Men
Panic Room
Buried
Phone Booth
Hard Candy
Cube
Rope
The Shining
Misery
Paranormal Activity
Funny Games
Rear Window
Lifeboat
Arsenic and Old Lace
The Man From Earth
Tape
Moon
Evil Dead
Dog Day Afternoon
Frozen
Alien
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Glengarry Glen Ross
Sphere
The Big Kahuna
The Breakfast Club
 
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Fast growing list! Thanks, guys. So far I've seen all of these, minus Buried. Keep 'em coming!

PS- Loved Hard Candy. Came across that late one night on the movie network.
 
When you say one location, you mean mostly in what we'd consider one central location, right? Panic room had tons of sets for all of the interior rooms, exterior shots (park, back yard).

What's the point of this exercise? Thinking about shooting something in a single set?
 
Oh man...I just read a list at Borders two nights ago but can't remember any of them not already mentioned above. If you have access to B&N, Borders or probably any bookstore with a decent selection of magazines, there's a current-issue magazine that includes an article on this very topic. Unfortunately, I can't remember what magazine it was in...but I can tell you it was either an explicitly film mag (eg. MovieMaker) or arts/entertainment-type mag. If I have time, I'll stop by Borders on my way home from work and see if I can find the article.

If I remember correctly, in the same magazine there was also an article about the 25 films that changed things (eg. Truman Show propelled reality TV; McDonalds dropped it's "Super Size" meals and introduced healthy alternatives six weeks after Super Size Me was released).
 
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Oh man...I just read a list at Borders two nights ago but can't remember any of them not already mentioned above. If you have access to B&N, Borders or probably any bookstore with a decent selection of magazines, there's a current-issue magazine that includes an article on this very topic. Unfortunately, I can't remember what magazine it was in...but I can tell you it was either an explicitly film mag (eg. MovieMaker) or arts/entertainment-type mag. If I have time, I'll stop by Borders on my way home from work and see if I can find the article.

If I remember correctly, in the same magazine there was also an article about the 25 films that changed things (eg. Truman Show propelled reality TV; McDonalds dropped it's "Super Size" meals and introduced healthy alternatives six weeks after Super Size Me was released).
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Thanks! I'll see if I can find that.
 
Snazzy Flapper said:
When you say one location, you mean mostly in what we'd consider one central location, right? Panic room had tons of sets for all of the interior rooms, exterior shots (park, back yard).

What's the point of this exercise? Thinking about shooting something in a single set?
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As I said with using Reservoir Dogs as an example, I'm flexible. Panic Room fits in nicely.

Just a personal exercise designed to motivate myself. :)

Thanks, guys! This is great.
 
I'm adding Arsenic and Old Lace as that takes place mostly within or just outside the house.

For those who might be interested, here's a great top 10 list.
Top 10

Hitchcock dominates.
 
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Notice the correlation to smaller, confined spaces with horror films. Blake Snyder (Save The Cat) called the genre "Monster in the House", and the smaller the house, the better. Jaws occurs in a small coastal island. The Shining takes place inside of an isolated and cold hotel. Many of the films listed above can be classified as "Monster in the House" films.
 
Tape.

Dogville. It's technically multiple locations, in one black box stage with white outlines representing different homes/buildings.
 
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