It's been 12 days since I let Torgo pick the topic of my first list on the new Match-Cut, and after a lot of research I'm about ready to start.
First, some parameters, because without them (as fasozupow noted) it becomes a list of the "top 25 shots of two or more people."
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1. Songs that are sung by characters in the film count as dialogue and their scenes are disqualified.
2. Songs sung over the background as part of the score do not count as dialogue.
3. Artistic silencing to eliminate the sound of dialogue count as "lacking
dialogue" for purposes of this list.
4. Vocal sounds other than words, such as screams and hums, do not disqualify the scene.
5. Scenes can be as short as a few seconds but can be longer.
6. A lot of these are from recent films, basically due to fuzzy memory and lack of availability of films I may have included on the list normally. This is why I didn't call it "The Top 20" because I am sure there are better ones I cannot remember at this moment. These are the ones that are ingrained in my brain today.
7. If I have remembered incorrectly and there /is/ dialogue in any of these scenes, please feel free to let me know, but be gentle
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Before we start though, a couple of honorable mentions....