Windows

1974 · 4 MIN · IMDB 6.7 · 850 VOTES · DIR. Peter Greenaway

Overview

A sort of documentary on the people known to have fallen out of windows in a certain time frame in a certain geographical location. One of Greenaway's early short films.

Dialogue Timeline — 35 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:23 37 people were killed as a result of falling out of windows.
00:00:29 Of the 37 people who fell
00:00:31 seven were children under 11
00:00:39 save for a man believed by some to be 103.
00:00:45 Five of the seven children fell from bedroom windows
00:01:09 Of the seven children who fell, all cases were of misadventure
00:01:13 save one of infanticide.
00:01:17 three committed suicide for reasons of the heart
00:01:20 two fell through misadventure, two were drunk, one was pushed
00:01:28 and one was experimenting with a parachute.
00:01:38 Of the 12 men, two jumped deliberately
00:01:45 and one, under the influence of an unknown drug
00:01:48 thought he could fly.
00:01:57 two were clerks, two were unemployed
00:02:00 one was married, one was a window cleaner
00:02:05 one of whom played the harpsichord.
00:02:25 Among the 19 adults who fell were an air stewardess
00:02:32 and a seamstress.
00:02:42 Of the 37 people
00:02:48 and three fell into snow.
00:02:52 The ornithologist, the adolescent experimenting with the parachute
00:02:58 all fell or were pushed on spring evenings.
00:03:11 the seamstress
00:03:16 jumped into a plum tree from a window in this house.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed35
Dialogue density8.8 lines / min
First line00:00:23
Final line00:03:16

Production Record

DirectorPeter Greenaway
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes850