There is no particular timeframe that a story needs to cover to be considered complete.
Then there is the film whose action occurs over a day or less.
Though relatively rare, they’ve existed for a while and can inhabit any genre.
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More contemporary examples includeSuperbad,The Menu, andBodies Bodies Bodies.
In the meantime, the principal of his school spends the day trying to expose Ferris as a liar.
If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it."
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This alone makes it unique, along with the fact that this interrogation is the whole movie.
But now they’re about to have dinner together in Manhattan, and what a conversation they have.
Then the conversation changes in tone, as the two men discuss how to take value from life.
The music in the final scene perfectly caps off this eccentric film.
Kane chooses the second option, but he can’t face them alone.
5’Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'
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A crowd of people gathers outside, many of whom support him.
The famous chant “Attica!
comes from this film.
This is one ofPacino’s most tremendous movies, which is really saying something.
It’s called12 Angry Men, about a particularly intense jury deliberation.
Accomplishing all this and more,Do the Right Thingis arguablySpike Lee’s best work to date.
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Unfortunately for the world, only he knows the code that would allow the order to be called off.
Communication is a big theme here.
Along with a hilariousGeorge C. Scottand three ofPeter Sellers’best performances,Dr.
Strangeloveis still one ofthe greatest satires of all time.
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