As a writer, I take a certain delight in weaving characters' voices together with wonderful dialogue. However, I like to give myself challenges, so I have been working on a few ideas where I wouldn't use dialogue to tell the story. And it's perfect timing, honestly, since the dialogue-free indie film Flow beat out Inside Out 2 and The Wild Robot for the Best Animated Feature Oscar.I'm trying to make it the ultimate "show, don't tell" project, maybe. But to make it, I have been watching a lot of movies without dialogue in order to gain inspiration.No, I'm not talking about silent films, but more modern movies where characters simply don't talk for most of it. I have some options on which of them I think are the best, so let's dive in. 1. Wall-EDirector: Andrew StantonWriters: Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon Story by: Andrew Stanton, Pete DocterVoice Cast: Ben Burtt: WALL-E / M-O, Elissa Knight: EVE, Jeff Garlin, Fred Willard, John Ratzenberger, Kathy Najimy, Sigourney Weaver.For me, this is the gold standard. of all Pixar movies. we actually cared about a robot, the repopulation of Earth, and the environment without words. 2. All is LostDirector: J.C. ChandorWriter: J.C. ChandorCast: Robert RedfordI remember seeing this at the Arclight and you could hear a pin drop in the audience. The boat is sinking and there's not even cursing, it's just determination and skill. 3. The BearDirector: Jean-Jacques AnnaudWriter: Gérard Brach (adaptation and screenplay), James Oliver Curwood (novel)Cast: the main cast of this...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Monday, 10 March