The closeup shots are part of the director’s intentions to make the film claustrophobic at times due the men being locked in and essentially trapped until they finish deliberating. The more intense the arguments, the more closeups and greater engagement for the audience as they trapped in these moments until the film is finished. A master stroke of film direction.
This is a great movie with an all-star cast! I saw it the first time in the 60's on tv. Everyone should see this. It would be great for high school civics. Black and white was not an artistic choice. In 1957 B and W movies were still quite common.
A black and white film is never improved by colorizing it. The true test of a color film is if it can be watched in black and white and still be considered beautiful.
I like two b/w movies. One is Casablanca set in WWII where the Germans came to a bar. The owner of the bar is played by Humphrey Bogart. There's lively music sung at the bar. The other is To Kill a Mockingbird. It starred Gregory Peck as a lawyer definding an accused man of murder.
Another good b/w movie is Seven Samurai made about a group of farmers habitually raided by bandits. They collect what money they had and walked to the newest town to hire samurais. Watch with subtitles which are different from the dubbed. Since I don't speak Japanese any more, I'm not sure which is more accurate. The movie was remade in the US in color. It's about a Mexican village harrassed by bandits. A group of men walked into Texas hoping to find gunfighters. You might recognize some of the actors.
The guy they ignored was a big bigot. The guy who was the last to say not guilty,...his own child was a bias. He blamed the kid on trial because his own relationship with his son was soured. That's my opinion.
Paul Winkle, who says the boy is definitely guilty, has been saying to me for months that the knife fight in "Rebel Without a Cause" is a crusher for the defense. But it's not, at all. Anyone can watch the "Rebel Without A Cause" knife-fight scene on TH-cam. The best video is titled "Rebel Without a Cause (1955) - The Knife Fight Scene (5/10) | Movieclips" and the channel is Movieclips. 1) During the knife fight scene, at least 13 stabs/jabs/thrusts are attempted with switchblades, and *all of them* are attempted with an "underhanded" motion/grip: that is, the way a switchblade knife should be used, not the way a normal knife would be. 2) From the beginning of the knife fight - from the first point where both fighters have their switchblades open (0:33) - to the end - (where the winner throws down his knife (2:02)), it lasts for 1:29 seconds, which is 89 seconds. There are 2 fighters with their knives open through nearly all of that, so I will multiply that by 2: switchblades are open for about 178 seconds. Of that time, only 1 fighter at any point holds his switchblade the wrong way - that is, the way a person would hold a normal knife - and that lasts for only about 5 seconds (1:25 to about 1:30). 5 seconds is less than 3% of the total time. To recap: 1) 100% of the 13+ stabs/jabs/thrusts are done the correct way for a switchblade. 2) For less then 3% of the time is a switchblade held the wrong way (i.e., the way a normal knife would be held), and no stab/jab/thrust is done with it when held the wrong way. THIS IS PAUL'S CRUSHING EVIDENCE, THAT OBLITERATES THE DEFENSE!! PROOF THAT THE BOY IS GUILTY!! THE CRUSHER THAT HE'S BEEN YELLING ABOUT FOR MONTHS!! LOL!!!
AN even more important -especially today is 1960's INHERIT THE WIND a timeless and relevant classic of immense importance -it is about the advance of civilization and has incredible acting by SPENCER TRACY FREDERICK MARCH AND GENE KELLY some of the dialogue is taken directly from the trial trancsripts of the famous SCOPES TRIAL -highly highly acclaimed
Switchblade are legal in some states. Where I live you can legally buy and operate a flamethrower without a license BUT brass knuckles are illegal. What a wonderful world......
Anyone with any i telligence at all could at least speculate that the number 12 in the title could refer to a jury. Where else do you expect to see 12 people? The apostles maybe. After that? Tsk, you lost a viewer in the first 20 seconds
The choice of black-and-white film was often based on economics. "The Beatles'" "A Hard Day's Night" was made in black-and-white because it was still largely the view that they were a flash in the pan. It was to make a quick buck -- and the producer was more interested in the soundtrack LP than in the film itself.
One of my favorite films! 12 men in a room talking should be boring, but the movie takes a boring concept and makes it exciting! Such a fantastic story with a fantastic cast! Lee J Cobb stole the movie! Sidney Lumet is one of the best movie makers, with so many fantastic movies! The downward angle is why the killer isn't a Switchblade knife user! The shop owner wasn't necessarily lying about the knife being the only one that looked like that he had ever seen! Davis said he bought his knife at a pawn shop near the boys house, not from the same shop!
The closeup shots are part of the director’s intentions to make the film claustrophobic at times due the men being locked in and essentially trapped until they finish deliberating. The more intense the arguments, the more closeups and greater engagement for the audience as they trapped in these moments until the film is finished. A master stroke of film direction.
I heard that the director also moved the walls in closer.
This is a great movie with an all-star cast! I saw it the first time in the 60's on tv. Everyone should see this. It would be great for high school civics. Black and white was not an artistic choice. In 1957 B and W movies were still quite common.
A black and white film is never improved by colorizing it. The true test of a color film is if it can be watched in black and white and still be considered beautiful.
I saw it as a kid.Powerful movie
check the blues brothers movie when they went to elwoods room when the trains go by.
What?
We'll talk to Bob.
Some are incapable of being relevant.
Brilliant film.
I like two b/w movies. One is Casablanca set in WWII where the Germans came to a bar. The owner of the bar is played by Humphrey Bogart. There's lively music sung at the bar. The other is To Kill a Mockingbird. It starred Gregory Peck as a lawyer definding an accused man of murder.
I still need to watch to kill a mockingbird. I really liked Casablanca
@@justhowtheyusedtomakethem4732 Did you post a reaction to Casablanca?
Another good b/w movie is Seven Samurai made about a group of farmers habitually raided by bandits. They collect what money they had and walked to the newest town to hire samurais. Watch with subtitles which are different from the dubbed. Since I don't speak Japanese any more, I'm not sure which is more accurate. The movie was remade in the US in color. It's about a Mexican village harrassed by bandits. A group of men walked into Texas hoping to find gunfighters. You might recognize some of the actors.
The guy they ignored was a big bigot. The guy who was the last to say not guilty,...his own child was a bias. He blamed the kid on trial because his own relationship with his son was soured. That's my opinion.
To me when the judge was giving the jury instructions he seemed bored and tired.
One might wonder about the air conditioning in the courtroom. 🤔
Yes, switchblade knives are illegal to this day.
Juror # 7 said he made 27,000 dollars last year. That's about 250,000 dollars today. That's not bad, you know, for marmalade.
Whenever we're given numbers in movies I'm always curious about what that would be in today's money.
Paul Winkle, who says the boy is definitely guilty, has been saying to me for months that the knife fight in "Rebel Without a Cause" is a crusher for the defense. But it's not, at all.
Anyone can watch the "Rebel Without A Cause" knife-fight scene on TH-cam. The best video is titled "Rebel Without a Cause (1955) - The Knife Fight Scene (5/10) | Movieclips" and the channel is Movieclips.
1) During the knife fight scene, at least 13 stabs/jabs/thrusts are attempted with switchblades, and *all of them* are attempted with an "underhanded" motion/grip: that is, the way a switchblade knife should be used, not the way a normal knife would be.
2) From the beginning of the knife fight - from the first point where both fighters have their switchblades open (0:33) - to the end - (where the winner throws down his knife (2:02)), it lasts for 1:29 seconds, which is 89 seconds. There are 2 fighters with their knives open through nearly all of that, so I will multiply that by 2: switchblades are open for about 178 seconds. Of that time, only 1 fighter at any point holds his switchblade the wrong way - that is, the way a person would hold a normal knife - and that lasts for only about 5 seconds (1:25 to about 1:30). 5 seconds is less than 3% of the total time.
To recap:
1) 100% of the 13+ stabs/jabs/thrusts are done the correct way for a switchblade.
2) For less then 3% of the time is a switchblade held the wrong way (i.e., the way a normal knife would be held), and no stab/jab/thrust is done with it when held the wrong way.
THIS IS PAUL'S CRUSHING EVIDENCE, THAT OBLITERATES THE DEFENSE!! PROOF THAT THE BOY IS GUILTY!! THE CRUSHER THAT HE'S BEEN YELLING ABOUT FOR MONTHS!! LOL!!!
A meticulously reasoned observation, whoever turns out to be right. 😐
AN even more important -especially today is 1960's INHERIT THE WIND a timeless and relevant classic of immense importance -it is about the advance of civilization and has incredible acting by SPENCER TRACY FREDERICK MARCH AND GENE KELLY some of the dialogue is taken directly from the trial trancsripts of the famous SCOPES TRIAL -highly highly acclaimed
Switchblade are legal in some states. Where I live you can legally buy and operate a flamethrower without a license BUT brass knuckles are illegal. What a wonderful world......
Anyone with any i telligence at all could at least speculate that the number 12 in the title could refer to a jury. Where else do you expect to see 12 people? The apostles maybe. After that?
Tsk, you lost a viewer in the first 20 seconds
The choice of black-and-white film was often based on economics. "The Beatles'" "A Hard Day's Night" was made in black-and-white because it was still largely the view that they were a flash in the pan. It was to make a quick buck -- and the producer was more interested in the soundtrack LP than in the film itself.
One of my favorite films! 12 men in a room talking should be boring, but the movie takes a boring concept and makes it exciting! Such a fantastic story with a fantastic cast! Lee J Cobb stole the movie! Sidney Lumet is one of the best movie makers, with so many fantastic movies!
The downward angle is why the killer isn't a Switchblade knife user!
The shop owner wasn't necessarily lying about the knife being the only one that looked like that he had ever seen! Davis said he bought his knife at a pawn shop near the boys house, not from the same shop!
"Davis said he bought his knife at a pawn shop near the boys house, not from the same shop!" That's a good point and one I easily overlooked.
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A lot of times a movie was in black and white due to budgetary reasons, not artistic ones.
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The death penalty is always wrong and should be outlawed worldwide in all cases--as should life in prison.