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Originally posted by 6ixStringJack:
I do believe I coined that term.

Other movies:
Circle
Devil
Phone Booth
Inside


I know there's more I enjoyed. Those are the ones coming to my mind now.

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Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:
There are likely quite a few sci-fi films with one setting, such as a spaceccraft. Aliens might qualify, but not the sequels, I think.

The interview with Hugo Weaving - I don't recall if they ever left that room.

I have not seen Nefarious, but it sounds like almost all of it takes place in one room. And i still want to see it, it was out of theaters too quick.

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Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:
There are likely quite a few sci-fi films with one setting, such as a spaceccraft. Aliens might qualify, but not the sequels, I think.

The interview with Hugo Weaving - I don't recall if they ever left that room.

I have not seen Nefarious, but it sounds like almost all of it takes place in one room. And i still want to see it, it was out of theaters too quick.

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I'm not really sure how to qualify this type of movie...

At first I'd say that Aliens doesn't fit the mold, but how could you say that when I consider Phone Booth part of the genre and although the protagonist is stuck in that booth all movie you also get constant shots of a few city blocks outside of the booth. Aliens probably would fit because of that feeling that you're trapped in the middle of space with no way out away from this thing. Paranoia and claustrophobia probably plays a big role in a lot of these movies, but not all of them. Locke had no reason to be paranoid about being in his car all movie.

Also, if Aliens doesn't fit, than that movie I watched recently called Alien Raiders wouldn't fit because it takes place inside a supermarket, and there are scenes in the back rooms.

But if Alien Raiders fits, than The Mist fits too...


And come to think of it, a movie like Speed could fit... although not the way that it was filmed with a lot of scenes from all around showing the outside of the bus, not to mention scenes of the police and Dennis Hopper outside of the bus. But had that movie been filmed in a way where the entire thing took place inside the bus after it started and you only saw their reactions to what Dennis Hopper and the police were saying to them over the phone?


I dunno. Maybe Phone Booth would be a subset of the genre? A place where movies like Aliens and Alien Raiders and The Mist could fit, but not make the genre too broad.

Circle, Devil and Locke absolutely fall into this genre.

And even though Willam Defoe's Inside takes place in the various rooms of a very rich person's very large high-rise condo, I still want to include that since besides a voice over the walkie talkie and a few moments inside of his head that might have just been false memories of a man who was driven insane by loneliness, I feel it still fits because the entire movie was just one man and his acting chops in that setting, and he was very much trapped inside even if he had a ton of room to lounge about and wait around until he starved to death or died of dehydration.


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Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:
I meant Alien. The sequel Aliens does not qualify, I think being on the Spacecraft, the planet surface, the planet headquarters, the planet Reactor, etc.

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Passengers was on one ship, with 2 characters, although it was a huge craft, with many sets.
Castaway might qualify, although starting off on a runway and in a plane.

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Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:
Speed had early scenes at the High Rise Elevator rescue, then the Electrical Room, then at the villain's house, before Annie got on the bus.
While the bus circle the airport runway, they tracked down the villain elsewhere.

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I was conjuring that you might fill me in with the criteria you envisioned for this category.

What rules make it the diorama film which you envisioned? What exceptions are allowable? How many exceptions?

Even panic Room started elsewhere.

The Outfit is currently the only one I can recall which was completely in on set - although there was more than one room, the door was almost always open from the filmed scene to the other room, in the background.

So, what way you?


That is the reason I have not listed any films. Waiting to iron out the criteria. Or the sub-criteria.

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Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:
I was surprised to see you mention Twilight Zone with Shatner, because I had not posted that in time.
My other TZ episode was with Burgess Meredith, as the Librarian.

The reason I mention TV shows, such as Firefly, is not to include them as films, but to help iron out the various rules, qualifications, of different works. Serenity had many parts of the ship, but was much smaller than Enterprise.

Objects in Space was all on Serenity, other than Jubal's ship just nearby.

Our Mrs. Reynolds was almost all on Serenity, other than the opening on Triumph where Mal got drunk and married. And then the zapper ring, and then the cottage where Saffron was hiding out.

Out of Gas was entirely on Serenity, IIRC, with only flashbacks showing other settings.


I will not be able to watch new films anytime soon, but I don't mind if you expand your viewing.

I had meant to suggest claustophobia as a sub-category.

More films to consider:

Open Water - alone in shark infested waters
Deep Blue Sea isolated under sea
Bad Times at the El Royale - all at the Motel.
USS Indianapolis? Alone in the ocean
Alive - alone on the mountain, after the crash.
Titanic - mostly on the ship
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Isolated under sea
S.F.W. - stuck inside the store, almost the whole film.
Inside Man - Clive Owen - all inside the bank, other than monitor views of the outside?
The Belko Experiment - stuck in one building

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