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Why is the sound very quiet in some places?
Julius 2022-01-14 08:02:03
Gus Van Sant: It came out of the need to sometimes have a scene that's an exact same scene, but it would be great if nobody were actually saying anything. Because a lot of times like in our movie you could have a scene where they' re just having hamburgers and french fries and maybe you just need a break in the dialogue and you just want to play it as if they're looking into each other's eyes, but they're not talking about something else. So it really comes out of that editing desire. There are other technical reasons like if you have a long five minutes scene and the characters do something specific you might need to cut to something you can transition to. But you say things like if only they weren't saying that line we could just get it done – it's really for that.
Extended Reading
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Annabel Cotton: I was lying, Enoch. About working at the hospital. I don't work there. I'm a patient.
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Enoch Brae: How long?
Annabel Cotton: Three months. So I understand if you don't wanna...
Enoch Brae: A person can get a lot done in three months.
Annabel Cotton: You think?
Enoch Brae: Yeah. You could learn French, go to Africa, pick up the xylophone. Tons of stuff.
Annabel Cotton: I always wanted to be a world-renowned xylophone player.