Long videos · Monologue shadowing · 2011
Atlas Shrugged: Part I: movie monologues to shadow
13 monologues from Atlas Shrugged: Part I. Original audio, one line at a time, with a pause to say it back.
- 1Full speech: hear it once
- 2Shadow: repeat each line
- 3Blind: listen, then reveal
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- B25 lines
Other people are human.
James's emotional accusationAtlas Shrugged: Part I · 2011Five short lines escalate a business quarrel into a verdict on his sister's soul. - B24 lines
You need to have the Rio Norte rerailed with your new metal.
Dagny stakes her businessAtlas Shrugged: Part I · 2011Four lines turn a rail order into a personal all-in bet on his metal. - B24 lines
We are working on a bill.
Mouch explains the billAtlas Shrugged: Part I · 2011Four flat lines describe a ruinous bill as routine business, which makes it colder. - B24 lines
And it was great PR for this company,
James defends the pulloutAtlas Shrugged: Part I · 2011Four tidy lines of reasoning collapse into one line of pure self-interest. - B24 lines
I came here today because, well, I met your brother...
Wyatt's warningAtlas Shrugged: Part I · 2011He lowers his voice first, then spells out the terms, keeping the threat inside the pauses. - B24 lines
Oh, they have a weapon against you.
An oblique warningAtlas Shrugged: Part I · 2011Four easy sentences that tighten one by one, ending on a line that lands like a verdict. - B24 lines
The question of Rearden Metal being good or not is irrelevant.
Stadler's double bindAtlas Shrugged: Part I · 2011Four lines close a trap: good is a danger, bad is a danger, so it must go either way. - B24 lines
There was a big-rig pileup a couple of weeks ago.
Wyatt praises the recoveryAtlas Shrugged: Part I · 2011Four calm sentences set the facts, and only the last one turns into praise. - B210 lines
I'm gonna take a leave from Taggart Transcontinental.
Dagny lays out her takeoverAtlas Shrugged: Part I · 2011She lists her terms in order, never letting her brother's interruptions break the rhythm. - B24 lines
If you intend to keep your word, then keep it.
Rearden sets his termsAtlas Shrugged: Part I · 2011Four short turns move from a promise to a break, and the unfinished last line cuts deepest. - B24 lines
To Colorado and the New Renaissance
Wyatt's toastAtlas Shrugged: Part I · 2011Four short toasts build from a place to an age, turning dinner into a manifesto. - B25 lines
So after a short while, no surprise...
The anatomy of a collapseAtlas Shrugged: Part I · 2011Five short steps lay out cause and effect until the collapse seems inevitable. - B212 lines
As the new coordinator...
Mouch announces his directivesAtlas Shrugged: Part I · 2011A calm list of controls delivered like paperwork, which makes the power grab land harder.