David Lynch often uses rotary-dial phones in his films -- some in a 70s palette of creepy greens/yellows with grease spots on the handle.
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Date: Thursday, April 3, 2008 6:34 pm
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> Edgar G. Ulmer's made-in-six-days noir Detour features death by an
> extremely long phone cord; Once Upon a Time in America has a ringing,
> unanswered telephone at its beginning, making for an interesting and
> sinister sonic effect.
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> S. Nichols
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