Bob Toomey (btoomey@javanet.com)
Thu, 23 Dec 1999 03:15:15 -0500
> I can't stand voice-over in films
What do you think of the voice-over, written by Chandler, in
"Double Indemnity?" How about Wilder's V.O. in "Sunset
Boulevard" or Kubrick's in "A Clockwork Orange?" I've heard
this from others, but why shouldn't a movie contain a
voice-over? Do you feel it somehow violates the cinematic
quality of the work? Isn't that what folks said when sound
came in? Spoken dialogue would ruin pictures. What about
music that doesn't come from a specific source within the
film? Do you have a problem with that?
My own feeling is that a good voice-over, properly integrated
into the movie, and saying things that wouldn't be possible
to convey through dialogue and visuals, can be a real
enhancement.
Now title cards -- that's another story...
BobT
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