I really enjoyed the Phone Booth, and felt that your really didn't know what was going to come next, however what I did think was very strange that they managed to film the whole film in the same setting.
This video above is the main scene within the film, I think what they do really well with this film, is use a small location to make a very big film, this film is all set within a phone booth, and on a very busy street in New York. Being set in America, there seems little need to justify why some lunatic would target a complete stranger (especially as the film's original release was delayed because of the Washington sniper), but it turns out Stu is no random victim and so a reason is required. Unfortunately the one offered is somewhat implausible. Citing his philandering and arrogance, the gunman objects to Stu's immoral behaviour. "You are guilty of your inhumanity to man," he utters. "Ah, this is all some religious thing?" replies Stu. In the presence of the NYPD, his wife, a gathering crowd, Pam and the media, Stu is forced to repent. "I'm offering you the chance to redeem yourself," the voice pronounces loftily.
The challenge of trying to confine the action to a phone booth is an exercise that is of more interest to the writer than the viewer. The irony is that having imposed such rigid parameters, both writer and director are only too willing to discard them when expedient. I think the reason for it being set in a phone box, was to give of a claustrophobic atmosphere.
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