Talking to Strangers (1988)

Directed by

Robert Tregenza

Genre

drama

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A series of nine scenes each filmed as one continuous ten-minute take. All but the first and last scenes are presented in a randomly selected order. It follows strangers in everyday interactions and private moments in Baltimore.

experimentalcerebralfragmentedobservationalunconventionalpatientlow-keyintrospective

What happens

Talking to Strangers is a 1988 American drama film directed by Rob Tregenza. It marked Tregenza's debut as a feature-length film director, screenwriter and cinematographer. It is composed of nine scenes, each one filmed only once and presented as an uninterrupted ten-minute take. Except for the first and last scenes, the remaining seven were arranged in a random order chosen by Tregenza's computer. The film was shot in widescreen 35 mm and mixed in Dolby Stereo sound. It was made on location in Baltimore, Maryland where Tregenza and his wife and producer, J.K. Eareckson, were already established as artists and industrial filmmakers, creating advertisements and corporate films to financially support their work in experimental filmmaking. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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