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I'm amazed that a talking head movie like Glengary Glen Ross (0.11) ranks lower than The Shining (0.73), with its long tracts of imagery and music. http://www.
by qwerty_asdf 12y ago
I'm amazed that a talking head movie like Glengary Glen Ross (0.11) ranks lower than The Shining (0.73), with its long tracts of imagery and music.
http://www.imsdb.com/scripts/Glengarry-Glen-Gross.html http://www.imsdb.com/scripts/Glengarry-Glen-Gross.html
http://www.imsdb.com/scripts/Shining,-The.html http://www.imsdb.com/scripts/Shining,-The.html
I guess that's a testament to David Mamet's distinctive writing style, and his technique of characterization (...and probably the stage directions, as mentioned in the article).
Also, out of 956 movies, nothing ranks above 6th grade.
- andreasvc 12y agoIt's much more likely that it's a testament to the unreliability of this superficial readability measure. A long sentence may be less complex than a perhaps cryptic shorter sentence. A long, rare word may be more descriptive than a long-winded circumscription using common words.