Warming by the Devil's Fire
2003 · 89 MIN · IMDB 7.0 · 215 VOTES · DIR. Charles Burnett
Overview
Director Charles Burnett (Killer of Sheep, My Brother's Wedding, To Sleep with Anger) presents a tale about a young boy's encounter with his family in Mississippi in the 1950s, and intergenerational tensions between the heavenly strains of gospel and the devilish moans of the blues.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,026 lines
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00:00:15 Once I had a pretty little girl
00:04:24 When I get back on that KC road
00:08:02 our people used to come.
00:12:07 Tell him I'm gonna bring Betty Murphy and Jill Brooks.
00:18:13 like the youngsters today that take anything...
00:23:24 I hear music in the air
00:26:14 I made a See
00:29:41 I pretend like I didn't hear it.
00:32:54 Down on my knees
00:37:13 I think it is a sin and a shame...
00:40:50 Wake up baby And get your big leg off of mine.
00:44:23 It's about why the blues got started here in the South.
00:47:35 Old Market Street Down by the Frisco Bay
00:50:36 He saw Charlie Patton, Robert Johnson and Son House play.
00:54:21 You get so mad you wanna cry or cut somebody's throat.
00:56:58 Go on boy, and don't be rude.
01:00:58 Or Lightning' don't have nobody else
01:07:49 you can understand why I began this song with...
01:11:52 It could have been the devil playing tricks again.
01:14:41 raising and the surrounding that they had been around.
01:17:43 TB is killing me
01:22:03 His mother been calling from California.
01:25:13 Buddy, you wrong.
01:28:48 I like music ever since I was a boy. I just like music.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,026
Dialogue density11.5 lines / min
First line00:00:15
Final line01:28:48
Production Record
DirectorCharles Burnett
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes215