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night_of_the_living_dead_dvd · Beat 79 · permalink

Living room

16:14–16:38 Released 1968

Machine annotation by Qwen/Qwen3-VL-235B-A22B-Instruct, cut beats-0.2, prompt beats-0.2. Machine checks passed (partial). 2 quotes checked against the transcript; 1 name checked for a spoken or on-screen source; 0 of 3 visible events checked against a frame. Not human-reviewed. Observations and transcript may still be wrong.

Frame at 16:1716:17Frame at 16:2516:25Frame at 16:3416:34

Play from 16:14 on the Internet Archive This passage on the film's page

Evidence and details

Starts here: pause in speech. Sequence 46 · shots 172–174. Observations cite a frame (frame:n) or a time (t:m:ss); frames are the sampled ones above.

Place
living_room (living room, interior) evidence: frame:1
People
  • man, adult, wearing light-colored shirt, dark hair, visible in profile and front visible, audible
Seen happening
  • The man is visible in profile, looking off-camera with a tense expression. [frame:1]
  • The man is visible in a close-up, appearing distressed and leaning forward. [frame:2]
  • The man is visible in a wider shot, gesturing with his arm while speaking. [frame:3]
Seen
light-colored shirt [frame:1], window frame or curtain [frame:1]
Interpretation
Model opinion, not evidence: mood: tense and anxious; themes: fear, uncertainty, isolation; style notes: black-and-white, tight framing on the character's face, high-contrast lighting emphasizing distress

A man in a light shirt is visible in three frames, appearing distressed and speaking. The transcript indicates he is discussing two threats outside and expressing fear and confusion.

“There are two of them out there. Have you seen any more around here? I can take care of those two.” 16:17 · “I know you're afraid, but we have to... I don't know! I don't know! What's happening?” 16:23 automatic transcript, may be wrong

The record

Public domain through a copyright notice omitted on release in 1968, a rule this registry does not yet apply; the finding is the film's own documented history, not a catalog check. The finding concerns the US copyright record for the film; it is not clearance for any use, and this page's annotation is machine output.

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Frame from night_of_the_living_dead_dvd (1968) at 16:17 (passage 16:14–16:38)

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