Long videos · Monologue shadowing · 1950
Night and the City: movie monologues to shadow
12 monologues from Night and the City. 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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- B213 lines
Harry, remember them? Nice people.
Mary's quiet pleaNight and the City · 1950She walks him from a shared memory to a quiet plea, tightening the screw line by line. - B24 lines
I'm through with mugs and spivs and dirt!
Harry's big break dreamNight and the City · 1950Each line climbs higher, a rocket of ambition that shows how badly he wants out. - B24 lines
To work for my husband, you must start off on the right foot.
The house rulesNight and the City · 1950Four rules delivered like small talk, each one tightening the leash on Harry. - B24 lines
Poor boy's been ill. What a pity!
Helen's mock sympathyNight and the City · 1950She starts with fake pity, then lets the newspaper do the cutting, wound by wound. - B25 lines
Happened to me once back in the States.
The lost wallet storyNight and the City · 1950A travel anecdote told as small talk, full of the loose details a hustler can grip. - B26 lines
You must understand that times have changed.
The son's defenceNight and the City · 1950He explains away his father's whole life in a few calm lines, and the calm is the cruelty. - B28 lines
Listen, Phil, hear me out! I've got Kristo stopped!
Harry's wrestling pitchNight and the City · 1950Harry piles on claims and repetitions until his confidence turns into comedy for the room. - B25 lines
You're crazy. You don't know what I've got!
Harry's wrestling rantNight and the City · 1950Harry escalates from claim to shout, selling his fantasy to himself most of all. - B27 lines
I've been thinking, Helen.
Phil's retirement dreamNight and the City · 1950Short sentences stack into a dream of escape that keeps drifting further from the room. - B210 lines
Please, sir, listen.
Harry's pleaNight and the City · 1950He moves from accounting to oath-taking, laying bare a small man's desperation without winning anything. - B24 lines
As I see it, Harry, your only course is to keep moving right ahead.
Phil's ultimatumNight and the City · 1950Four calm lines close every exit while sounding like friendly advice, which is what makes them work. - B211 lines
You are a wonder.
Phil's verdictNight and the City · 1950It praises Harry, lists every door he has closed, then ends with a flat death sentence.