parallelvisions between information and perception

Words in movies

One night after I watched the DVD of The Long Goodbye (1973) by Robert Altman, the line of Elliot Gould (as Philip Marlowe) saying “that’s OK with me” remained on my mind for a while. This was the start point of this little esquisse.

When do people say certain phrases in movies? And how often?

Here’s some answers for subjects which just popped up in my brain.

The dark grey text shows the entire lines in the movie and the phrases contain certain words are colored. The y-scale of the images is timeline and the bottom line stands for 3 hours from the beginning of the movie.

映画のセリフを時系列に配置し、特定の語を含むフレーズをハイライトしたもの。画像全体で 3 時間分のスケール。

2番目の Deep Rising は「お次は何だ」= “now what?” でお馴染みのB級の雄『ザ・グリード』です。

1. “Cat” and “OK with me” in The Long Goodbye (1973)

"Cat" and "OK with me" in The Long Goodbye (1973)

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2. “Now what?” in Deep Rising (1998)

"Now what?" in Deep Rising (1998)

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3. The f-word lines in Scarface (1983), Pulp Fiction (1994) and Casino (1995)

The f-word lines in Scarface (1983), Pulp Fiction (1994) and Casino (1995)

(link to large versions: Scarface - Pulp Fiction – Casino)