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For a slightly later version of this: My most popular YouTube upload is the telecopier scene from Bullitt, where you can see the police use the latest and great

• bofh23 3y ago
  There’s a similar device used to transmit the first recovered victim’s fingerprints from the funeral parlor to FBI field offices in Silence of the Lambs.
• IAmNotACellist 3y ago
  I like how it's nearly two minutes of men standing absolutely motionless, with a completely stationary camera, with no score, no building tension, no close-ups showing emotion or what we are supposed to be feeling, as they listen to a whirring sound. Riveting television
  • dkjaudyeqooe 3y ago
    Are you perhaps being sarcastic? Because it's a great scene. The whole movie's great on the same basis. It's classic film that has the authentic feel of the period, for those who weren't alive then, and lets people simply experience what's happening on the screen. The devices you mention are what makes most movies unwatchable. The over the top and increasingly forced devices used to essentially manipulate the viewer, lest there's any ambiguity as to what they "should" be feeling. No room for subtlety, just shove it down the viewer's throat. They're a great alternative to fine acting, directing and cinematography that's able to speak for itself.