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Elevator Operator: Up and down, the on-screen gift of elevators

Created by Chelsey O'Brien

Featured in this constellation

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North by northwest

Elevator Action

The Grand Budapest Hotel

Die Hard

Elevator Operator – Courtney Barnett

Inspired by Courtney Barnett playing an elevator operator in her hit song of the same name, we look at how they're used on-screen for comedy, drama and suspense, with the small, confined boxes forcing characters to physically confront each other.

Elevator Operator – Courtney Barnett → The Grand Budapest Hotel