look both ways little dialogue scenes?

[joker]

Hi there, I'm doing an essay on Look Both Ways. The essay question is: "The director of Look Both Ways employs silences to convey messages just as much as dialogue." Discuss.

But I am having trouble recalling some of the scenes where a lack of dialogue is used. One scene that I remember is of the train driver approaching Julia to say that he is sorry for running her boyfriend Rob by train.

Another is probably when Meryl, Nick and Julia are eating together for lunch. There is tension between Nick and her mother and a sense of awkwardness is felt as Meryl is left by herself alone. I think a lack of dialogue was used to express this...

Anybody recall any other scenes where a lack of dialogue was used?

edit: actually on second thoughts there seems to be a lack of dialogue throughout the film...

[Aqualim]

- When Nick is walking down the street and witnesses the various symbols of death e.g. Pigs head, young boy with cancer, hearse etc.
- You could also write a paragraph about the Train driver, as his role has very little dialogue, yet we can understand the pain he endures throughout the narrative. e.g. The scene were his son brings him beer and they sit together on the chair, when he is reading the newspaper and then we see him hit the table and drop the newspaper with his hand around his head etc.

[joker]

- You could also write a paragraph about the Train driver, as his role has very little dialogue, yet we can understand the pain he endures throughout the narrative. e.g. The scene were his son brings him beer and they sit together on the chair, when he is reading the newspaper and then we see him hit the table and drop the newspaper with his hand around his head etc.

ah, yes, good example! forgot about that scene

If there was no dialogue, but noise from the external environment, say from birds chirping or just general background noise, could that be considered as the use of silences?

[Aqualim]

If there was no dialogue, but noise from the external environment, say from birds chirping or just general background noise, could that be considered as the use of silences?

Thought of another one too;
- The scene where Meryl tells Nick, '..then I can tell people like you to PISS OFF!', then there is a sudden silence. This is a clever technique to intensify the scene, also you'll notice that birds scatter, almost to convey the message that it was so intense that they were scared.

Yes, you could say it adds emphasis to the events occuring within a scene, but also gives the scene a sense of 'reality' aswell, like the example above.

EDIT: Wait it was a dog that barks during that scene.