Telephones (S)
1995 · Movie · 7 min. · United States
Christian Marclay's "Telephones" (1995), a 7 1/2-minute compilation of brief Hollywood film clips that creates a narrative of its own. These linked-together snippets of scenes involve innumerable well-known actors such as Cary Grant, Tippi Hedren, Ray Milland, Humphrey Bogart and Meg Ryan, who dial, pick up the receiver, converse, react, say good-bye and hang up. In doing so, they express a multitude of emotions--surprise, desire, anger, disbelief, excitement, boredom--ultimately leaving the impression that they are all part of one big conversation. The piece moves easily back and forth in time, as well as between color and black-and-white, aided by Marclay's whimsical notions of continuity.
Direction Christian Marclay
Cast Tippi Hedren · Cary Grant · Meg Ryan · Humphrey Bogart · Michael Keaton · Ray Milland · Geena Davis · Clark Gable · Katharine Hepburn · James Stewart · Tom Hanks · Deborah Kerr
Screenplay Christian Marclay
Original title Telephones (S)
5.2
123 votes (FilmAffinity)
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