3 Things 'Dog Day Afternoon' Teaches Us About Filmmaking

What can we learn about filmmaking from Sidney Lumet’s Dog Day Afternoon? How do you create a compelling character? How can you get your dialogue to sound natural? All these questions and more are answered in Episode #5 of What I Learned From Watching.
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This video essay was written, edited, and narrated by Tyler Knudsen.
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Clips:
Dog Day Afternoon (1975 Dir. Sidney Lumet)
The Making of Dog Day Afternoon
Dog Day Afternoon: Casting the Controversy
Dog Day Afternoon: Re-Creating the Facts
Dog Day Afternoon: After the Filming
Lumet: Film Maker
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[@Hot18Shot]

This movie is an absolute masterpiece. Never has a movie been so hilarious and yet very sad at the same time. It made me crack up but at the next breath just feel bad for Sonny and what he mess he had made. It *feels* real.

[@daze.d5462]

yeah never thought I would love this movie. I thought when I downloaded it, it would be just a one time watch but I kept replaying the movie because its that good.

[@kendallrivers1119]

@@daze.d5462 Really? What made you initially think it was a one time watch?

[@daze.d5462]

I thought it was just a "meh" movie.

[@kendallrivers1119]

@@daze.d5462 aren't you glad you were proven wrong? Lol. Nothing beats the classics.

[@daze.d5462]

yeah, i did and I still am. That's why I keep replaying it looking for something to prove me wrong.

[@moz7777]

Cazale only got to make 5 movies...between 1972 and 1978... The Godfather, The Conversation, The Godfather part 2, Dog Day afternoon and The Deer hunter. Incredible.

[@darganx]

That's an incredible run for such a short career.

[@JOECANDELA22]

When you think of that it reminds me of that saying "The brightest candle burns the shortest". We. didn't have Mr. Cazale for long, but for the time we had him he performed brilliantly.

[@darganx]

@Cool Waters died of lung cancer in 1979, he was engaged to Meryl Streep at the time.

[@JOECANDELA22]

@@darganx As a matter of fact he found about it while they were filming 'The Deerhunter". When the producers found out they were gonna drop him from the film but DeNiro, Streep and several members of the cast threatened to walk off of the film.

[@toomuchinformation]

True, but this was the 70s, best decade ever for American film.

[@Raymondspongey]

I consider this to be Al Pacino's greatest acting performance of his film career -absolutely flawless.

[@CinemaTyler]

I totally agree. It's crazy how Dog Day Afternoon and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest went up against each other at the Academy Awards considering that both films would probably beat any best picture or acting performance released after 1975.

[@yahoobe1000]

Raymondspongey I agree with u

[@zeyadalharbi4539]

No fucking way

[@kostajovanovic3711]

+zeyad alharbi hmm, the godfather and panic in needle park are contenders also

[@oliusas9604]

Watch scarecrow from '73

[@sardonicus76]

John Cazale was such an incredibly talented actor. So damn good and gone way too soon.

[@tonym994]

he's buried about a mile from where I sit. he was from here, greater Boston. I was riding around the cemetery on my 10 speed, when I stumbled upon his grave about 30 yrs ago.

[@giordanopagotto7940]

Lumet was a genius director, one of the greatest. Cazale was also such a strong actor, in my opinion he's right there with the greatest method actors from the 60's and 70s. But both are so underrated... Can't understand why.

[@CinemaTyler]

+Giordano Pagotti I totally agree. Cazale would definitely share the status Nicholson/Pacino/Deniro have if only he were alive today. Lumet has so many great films to his name-- some well-known, but some are criminally underrated. I really loved Fail-Safe. It came out the same year as Dr. Strangelove and has the same plot, but Lumet's isn't a satire. It got understandably eclipsed by Kubrick's masterpiece, but it is a shame that such a brilliant piece of directing/writing/acting fell into obscurity.

[@toomuchinformation]

@warrcc c It's not that they weren't acknowledged by the Academy; it's more that their contemporaries seem to be remembered more.

[@SuperKannan1976]

Yes, cazale is innocent and naive in the Godfather, but he looks like the complete opposite here

[@garyaugustus1009]

Because they didn't play the Hollywood soul-sacrifice angle...

[@saschadattel2570]

The Godfather (1972), The Conversation (1974), The Godfather Part II (1974), Dog Day Afternoon (1975), and The Deer Hunter (1978)!!! Is there a stronger string of movies by any character actor?

[@TheKitchenerLeslie]

I met Penny Allen and her husband Charlie Laughton a bunch of times. Charlie was Al's mentor and best friend. He had MS and was in a wheelchair, and Al took care of all of his medical bills. Yes, I met Al too. Very nice man.

[@harukrentz435]

Thats cool from Al. Never heard a single bad word about him from people close or worked with him. Definitely never forget the humble background he came from and the struggle to get where he is now (iirc he only got his major role at age of 28).

[@TheKitchenerLeslie]

@@harukrentz435 He's such a normal guy that you forget who he is. You'll find yourself thinking, "Did I just have a conversation with Al Pacino about the best way to fold clean socks?"

[@samazwe]

I keep coming back to Dog Day Afternoon because it's such an endearing film, not what you'd expect from a movie about a bank robbery

[@anniemihn]

Pure genius. We'll never have this type of movie again. ALL the cast is simply sublime, and spite all the bizarre drama going on, we breathe the characters in like air so natural and realistic everything seems to be. Cazale is superb, Lumet is making his most memorable movie and Pacino...well, I'm always between Brando and him tbh. His Sonny made me cry so many times. Besides, last but not least, he never looked so unbelievably beautiful in a movie. 15/10.

[@brazims]

So realistic, that I felt transported from the movie theater to the sidewalk in front of the bank.

[@bernardoconnor1502]

The 70's was such a great era for these kind of films, especially those set in New York. I grew up in New York during the 70's and it was dirty, dangerous, fascinating and enthralling. I'll take it over today's corporate, soul less, gentrified and fake family friendly city any day.

[@flacobrian3754]

I wish I could go back and film lots of movies in NYC during the 70s such a cool setting for almost any genre

[@Cantbuyathrill]

"Fake family-firendly" Very well said. Nothing sadder for a 70's New Yorker than to see 42nd Street become a sterile characterless corporate consumerist promenade for young families to safely stroll thru.

[@TheRealNormanBates]

17:34 it's funny how the original bank robber looks a lot more like Robert DeNiro than Al Pacino.

[@duantorruellas716]

Hahahaha you saw that too lol. I know , he could have passed for dineros brother .

[@Haywerth]

I agree, totally! LOL

[@shotbro4998]

Monroville To me he looks more like Al. It’s in the eyes. De Niro doesn’t express the same character

[@marcinjaskolski2824]

Well DeNiro played Johnny in Mean Streets, who had a very similar sort of charismatic, yet nihilistic character. He's quiet in real life, but he can definitely perform intensely on screen.

[@rustemmemmedli3415]

It was Al Pacino that I first saw and fell in love with his performance. But when searched for the picture of original robber, couldn't help but start comparing De Niro and Pacino. Pacino was really great in it))

[@suzannahmontreal1051]

Dog day afternoon is one of the 5 best film I have ever seen. I've watched it over 20 times for sure. It's a perfect film and its a joy to immerse myself in the story everything.

[@treefrogjohnson7514]

Pacino has made so many classic movies (Godfather I and II), Scarface, Serpico, And Justice For All, Scent of a Woman, Heat, that a lot of his best films get left out of the conversation. Insomnia is one, Scarecrow is one, but Dog Day Afternoon is at the top of the pile. What a phenomenal movie and a performance that for me proved that Al was a couple notches above De Niro when it comes to range.

[@CinemaTyler]

Totally agree! Don't forget Glengarry Glen Ross!

[@KevsHardLemonade]

Don't forget Panic at Needle Park, Insider, Devil's Advocate, Donnie Brasco, and Friday Night Lights

[@anantambisht4895]

Treefrog Johnson no doubt

[@scifinerd17]

KevsHardLemonade and Carlito’s Way

[@StephenChumley]

Could not agree more.

[@DonyaLane]

This was so much fun to watch. Much, much, MUCH RESPECT for Sidney Lumet! What a world-class director and artist! Organized and prepared, yet, flexible and open-minded... When he explained the pacing of the film after they had tightened up the edits, and how it distorted the pacing of the Last Will scene, and how Lumet knew that adding back 6-7 minutes would balance things out... just wow! He made a long movie longer, because he knew that would make it better and fully support Pacino's touching scene. This is the perfect example of why I always say, if something is bad on stage (or screen) never blame the actors. A great director will always know how to make it work.

[@antivalidisme5669]

Brilliant. I remember discovering this movie almost by accident after watching "The deer Hunter" back in the early 1990s and got so hooked not even knowing why as a stupid teen. John Cazale was so great in this movie, heartbreaking. Awesome job Tyler!

[@dskywalker3397]

Wyoming.

[@agent95_]

That look on Pacino’s face at the end regarding the 2nd take… friggin priceless. Absolutely amazing. I mean… the man has the range of a ballistic missile

[@drjohnson98]

Cazale was so good in this role that they should have gone back and changed the actual accomplice.

[@190miranda]

this video is so marvelous,that i lost track of time....this is the beauty of great creation

[@CinemaTyler]

+190miranda Thanks! I appreciate it!

[@190miranda]

:)

[@mperry1329]

I triple the agreement. This is the beauty of great creation. Cinema Tyler needs to know that.

[@mperry1329]

Isn't thought. All of us need this type of talent BACK in the film community. Only Tyler's kind of talent.

[@Whoa802]

If Hitchcock was the master of directing suspense, John Woo being the master of action, and Spielberg being the master of sentimentality, then Sidney Lumet would be the master of directing actors.

[@CinemaTyler]

+Alan Smithee I totally agree. Lumet really was an actor's director.

[@KevinStriker]

And you're a Master in your own right, Mr. Smithee.

[@mperry1329]

And you are a director's consultant from the beginning of a project to the end. You could even become the person who suggests a worthwhile project. You are so very multi-talented!!

[@lettherebelamp5102]

16:09 I love the way Al Pacino says "What" when the police guy says the improvised lines

[@Epic_C]

The biggest thing I enjoyed was them leaving all of any "mistakes" of dialogue or other things in the movie. As mentioned in this, this is what made this movie just feel so real and raw.

[@dheerajhazarika1836]

It’s very surprising how Al Pacino & Sidney Lumet missed the Oscar that year! Just unbelievable

[@wet-read]

The best movie of that year was Cuckoo's Nest, but Pacino should have won Best Actor.

[@Daniel-Rosa.]

Very... very well put-together. When you used stills to illustrate the emphasis on blocking, I smiled. Because you gave them time - some silent time. You were giving _me_ time to notice said emphasis by myself (*every* idea on an essay works best when we, watching, notice it by ourselves).

[@CinemaTyler]

+Daniel Rosa Thanks! I'm glad that worked and I'll keep it in mind for future videos!

[@mperry1329]

I know, very talented individual. He is needed very much in the world of today's movies because we are being gypped with the poor choices that are out there. Cinema Tyler, you are needed.

[@DannyDisease]

Great video. This is by far Pacino's best performance. He makes a bank heist movie look like a Greek tragedy. Just beautiful.

[@chasingvenusfilmarts]

14:57-15:12 The directorial instructions to get this type of realism were pure brilliance. Wow. Noted...

[@matthewpigott3344]

I've just watched this film. It was randomly on TV when I was about 12 and haven't seen it since but always stuck in my mind. Didn't even know it was based on a true story.

[@CinemaTyler]

Such a great movie! It seems to have the perfect balance of authenticity and dramatic license.

[@LujackLvr]

This is my favorite Al Pacino film. Favorite DOG DAY quote: [SONNY]: I'm a Catholic & I don't want to hurt anybody.

[@jimpickard3850]

Like you Tyler I think this is Pacino's greatest performance. But I would go one further. This is the greatest performance by any actor ever committed to film. And what a film ! Aside from the amazing performances of Pacino and Cazale, and Lumet's amazing direction, the subject matter is years ahead of it's time. Not just the gay and trans references, but also the almost social media type celebrity he achieves, as he's watching himself on TV and absorbing the reaction of the crowd outside. Still as good a film today as when originally made, it has to be in my all time top 10 movies. Only One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest stopped it winning Oscars, wrongly in my opinion. Great video too Tyler, thank you.

[@dylanholmcrans1833]

thats so crazy because i was literally thinking while watching how good of an acting job it was when they would mess up words and talk over each other and its because it was improv and they stayed in character! A++++++++ movie

[@simonrussell4986]

"Wyoming" is such a brilliantly heartbreaking line.

[@AleisterCrowleyMagus]

Every single film John Cazale was in was a masterpiece. I mean - could *anybody* have played Fred’s so beautifully? He died so young - Meryl Streep was his girlfriend and was with him when he was dying at the hospital. Pacino and deNiro still talk about it.

[@FinleyHarrison-hy2sm]

She filmed Holocaust to help him with his bills also.

[@jahnbon]

Penny Allen, Carol Kane, John Cazale, James Broderick, Chris Sarandon, Marsha Jean Kurtz. That's a blockbuster movie cast for me, right there.

[@stratikeo]

Thank you for making this video. I don't see a lot of essays about my favorite film of all time, Dog Day Afternoon, and this essay is the absolute best one I've seen on it. Pacino is an acting genius. Lumet is a goddamn visionary. This film. UGH. It makes me CRY how good it is.

[@angelocucuzza7958]

FANTASTIC MOVIE , ESPECIALLY THAT IT WAS FILMED IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD OF WINDSOR TERRACE, BROOKLYN.

[@rpinpr61]

i'm absolutely blown away by the thoughtfulness that went into the production of this masterpiece movie. isn't it amazing how much preparation goes into making something look so natural? this was a very insightful video CT put together. bravo all around.

[@peteraleksandrovich5923]

One of the great movies. Funny to hear that Amoreena wasn't a planned choice, since it couldn't be more perfect for setting it all up.

[@samwallaceart288]

I forgot if it was in this video or the other, but it's tremendous that when they realized the Will scene felt too long, rather than remove a single line from it they instead added footage back to the rest of the movie to balance it out. That's commitment right there.

[@tophers3756]

If it were made today DDA would feature "model perfect" Hollywood stars. Instead it's filled with talented character actors.

[@user-mb9nm7bq5e]

@warrcc c umm new york is diverse AF. How would that have been incorrect

[@Entropy106]

warrcc c that’s tru tho

[@mikeyfn-a6684]

Its that old saying: 'They just don't make em like they used to'..like you have to go to a film festival to see any real talent these days

[@jonanjello]

Such an informative and insightful video, CinemaTyler. I was born in 1970 and raised on 70s films. My mother showed me Dog Day Afternoon when I was seven or eight. Such a mesmerizing and profound movie experience. Your video explains why Dog Day is a great film. Thanks!

[@bobbyfloundervevo9206]

Another GREAT one, my man! Such a beautiful film. Especially on those long lenses. And the bit about the sweat, so interesting! It really does look great. Pacino and Cazale's eyes in the whole thing. Man. Thank you!

[@CinemaTyler]

Kent Juliff Thanks! This one was really fun to research. I was so happy I was able to find some great info on the production. Dog Day Afternoon is definitely among my all-time favorite films. If you haven't already, check out my vid where I visit the shooting location. It was really an amazing location to visit-- especially after watching the movie several times while making this episode!

[@dddeadlift]

in one scene Cazale said, that he is not smoking because he "dont want the cancer". Cazale died years later bc of lung cancer. mindfuck

[@indyflyghtentertainment]

What an incredible job!! Truly you work had me hooked from the first frame! Your honest desire to share your thoughts completely comes through and your passion for filmmaking does as well. I subscribed and left a like but it is I who have to thank you for this stellar piece that you have gifted all of us with. I intend on watching all your work. Simply wonderful to see.

[@JOECANDELA22]

This has always been one of my favorite Pacino roles, and I believe, one of Pacino's most underrated roles compared to other commercially and popular successes. I really enjoyed this presentation Tyler. I just subscribed and I think you did a great job. Continued success and please give us more.

[@brandonrahbar2508]

Great stuff, bud. I'd never seen any of your videos before. I just landed here because I'm a huge Pacino fan. Really, really cool peak into the process of the making of DDA, a Top 10 all time movie for me. One thing I learned from this video that stood out-- Lumet hadn't seen The Godfather at the time?!?

[@CinemaTyler]

+Brandon Rahbar Thanks! Definitely one of Pacino's best performances. I'm sure if Dog Day Afternoon came out pretty much any other year it would have won all of the awards. It does seem pretty strange that Lumet hadn't seen The Godfather yet considering that it had been a few years since it came out.

[@anthonyross6492]

Thank you so much for this. I was a teenager when this movie came out and it has been one of my top tens ever since. Some of what you presented I did not know so it made my memories of DDA even better.

[@gravityboxer]

Underrated channel, wonderful study of filmmaking.

[@katfleisch4473]

I watched your French Connection piece in addition to this and just enjoyed them both so much- so interesting and informative ! i'm a subscriber now!

[@larrytheflyer]

That was an incredible informative analysis of a classic film, Well Done I enjoyed Your work as much as the Film ........

[@markhughes7927]

Sydney Lumet - what an artist! Theatre has to be the best backbone for film. Anyone who has been in a theatrical run knows how much a performance ‘cooks’ over the first couple of months in response to an audience.

[@brianchristopher3816]

This is my favorite video break down of any movie ever. I think I've seen it 3x.

[@altaclipper]

This was a wonderful exposition of a great film. I didn’t think I could love it more but I do now.

[@jahnbon]

Tyler, you continue to enlighten me on movies I've grown up with. You're doing yeoman's work. Love to you.

[@marcelbr815]

I watched this movie last night for the first time and I was completely blown away. Masterpiece. Then I saw your video and it's magnificent. Great job!

[@Jamminn555]

Yet another fantastic video, Tyler! So many insights and fascinating facts. Thanks so much for all you do!! Benjamin

[@CinemaTyler]

Thank you!

[@TomBatesTV]

This is fantastic, a lot more insightful than I thought it would be. Thanks so much!

[@CinemaTyler]

Tom Bates Glad you liked it! I have always loved this movie and it was a lot of fun to research. Thanks for watching!

[@ashroskell]

You take your time and make high quality videos, my friend. We’re much more patient than you may know. Not the machine, gobbling up content and needing more, the whole time. The videos are worth waiting for . . .

[@patrickhale424]

I really enjoyed your video about "Dog Day Afternoon". Keep up the good work. I can't wait to see the other videos on your channel since this was the first one I've seen.

[@CinemaTyler]

Thanks! I hope you like the rest!

[@TolulopeOlamideAjayi]

Thank you for this Tyler... Saw this film a long time ago and now I remember why it had such a great impact.

[@mrkhansson]

Awesome backstory about one of my favorite films. You made my day & now I'm a subscriber! Keep up the good work.

[@truthof7382]

First, this is a great video. You did an awesome job! This movie is a master class on why acting is an art. You explained it very well. Obviously Al and John deserve all the accolades they received, and as many who talk about this film don’t point out, Charles Durning was fantastic and added so much to the emotion outside the bank. NOW to find out how much was improvised. Incredible! What an artist this director was. He’s right about the sweat makeup as well. So real I thought Al might actually be sweating in it. So glad I found this.

[@MalrickEQ2]

They need a sequel called Cat Night Evening

[@chandrapeskin4070]

I consider it on my list of 10 best movies 🍿 - The actors (literally all of them) speak for themselves - needless to say Pacino & Cazale are riveting in this. Sidney Lumet is just utterly brilliant and so ahead of his time in handling the subject matter without flinching. I loved all the bits specific directorial techniques he used to film this movie that you have included in your piece. Thank you!

[@bolang6921]

This is my second episode of yours I am watching. Love these. Thanks!

[@itsjemmabond]

Every film student, or even film maker, should see this movie. It's a true blueprint.

[@BCooperArtMind]

What a wonderfully done and professional video. You have talent, great job! I love DDA, and the excellent actors, director, writers, et al...and your fantastic video making.

[@Tr055]

I literally just watched the movie yesterday; now, this video is recommended to me. How did KZbin know!?

[@mikeyfn-a6684]

How about when you go to Google something and just half a word in the search and its the top suggestion..THAT startles me. Or when you're discussing something with someone and the TV suddenly says/shows what you were just saying.

[@Missjunebugfreak]

This was such an informative video that gave me an even deeper appreciation for this fantastic film. I completely agree that this is Al Pacino's best performance. Dog Day Afternoon is in my top 10 favorite films of all time.

[@antimonycup7066]

For any Sidney Lumet fans that are here, I cannot recommend highly enough the channel Counter Arguments, that recently made use of 12 Angry Men in a series of videos on debating and arguments. Very insightful videos and the best example I know of, where someone truly builds on another's masterwork to create something new at another angle (not to take anything away from CinemaTyler's excellent work, of course). The first video in his series is titled How To Change One's Mind {Episode 01}.

[@MatteoPrezioso]

It's 2021, and just at this very moment, though one of my fave movies of all times, I get to now this was inspired by a true story. Oh well, you never stop learning. Thanks KZbin, thanks CinemaTyler-

[@chubbycheeks12397]

I just saw this movie for the first time this weekend and omg what a performance from Al Pacino and the other actors and actresses. This video is great as well with behind the scenes and commentary!

[@RuckusRugs]

Just found your channel and am binging all your vids. I follow so many video-essay channels, especially ones about movies and am surprised I never came across your channel before, but better late than never I suppose!

[@TheAmirization]

FANTASTIC VIDEO. Keep up the good work!

[@CinemaTyler]

TheAmirization Thanks! More is on the way!

[@amherst88]

Excellent analysis thank you -- saw this as a teenager when it first came out, it was a film experience like no other, then or since . . .

[@WhiteStone21475]

It appears I am going to have to re-watch this film. Thank you for all of the insights.

[@3rdandzen97]

Wow, such a great video and wonderful series of insights on a classic movie! Thank you so much!!!

[@jaredl3903]

Just stumbled upon this after watching the movie yesterday. Knowing the confrontation between Sonny and Moretti was improvised makes it that much funnier. Thanks for the great upload.

[@user-sh5iu1lq6x]

I love these kinda of facts about the movies. well done man. You just earned a subscribe.

[@CinemaTyler]

+Updiwasa Thanks! I'm glad you liked it!

[@PlaywrightLukeBolton]

This is a great series. Keep this stuff up.

[@CinemaTyler]

Luke Bolton Thanks!

[@TheGeekyAmreeki]

Really big fan of your videos man. From a filmmaker always trying to learn these have been pretty damn fantastic. Keep it up.

[@CherryCokeNixon]

The opening establishing shots are great. One of the more memorable movie openings.

[@bryansam5987]

Great insight about the film. Well done ! This is my new favorite channel!

[@CinemaTyler]

Thanks! That makes me very happy to hear!

[@prudencesidecafe2572]

I was a theatre-nut at this time. I remember there were weeks when each evening was one show or an- nother. I saw this masterpiece of theatrical work in 1975 at I don't remember how many different movie houses. As a kid, and what the hell did I know, I thought that this entire work was truly brilliant. I thought maybe there was something wrong with me, as everyone else seemed to only register a simple 'yeah, it was ok'. Simpleton that I was, I thought the ceation was pure Magic. To this day, and I've not seen this film in a dog's age, not only do I remember the entire movie Vividly, I remem- ber lines of dialogue. So well in-fact that Sonny to this day is one of the characters I regularly do. Almost 50 years later ! My wife goes nuts when I go in- to some character. It could be anywhere any time at all. She says she hates them; some I don't think she minds, but some I know she hates. I Love-em-all ! It's like the movie with the scan- dalous review, or the romance heroine who secretly admits to herself, "...I loathe him, - but I Love him".

[@ILLFilms]

Your video on the Akira remake and the fact that you used the Sword of Doom still has earned you my subscription. I look forward to seeing you in the industry. Preferably sooner rather than later.

[@CinemaTyler]

***** Thanks! I appreciate it!

[@antoniovidal9595]

Really amazing channel,so glad I found it. Your "What I Learned from Watching" series is amazing! Hope you can get more of those done. Do you have a specific movie to talk about in the next episode?

[@CinemaTyler]

Antonio Vidal Thanks! I have a couple ideas that I’m kicking around, but I need to find a decent amount of sources before I make a go of any of them. My next video will most likely be Part 3 of How Kubrick Made 2001: A Space Odyssey and I’m currently researching Episode 2 of Cinema Yakuza. I’m going to include some analysis of technique for Cinema Yakuza. And How Kubrick Made 2001 is like a gigantic What I Learned From Watching episode. I’m going to try and get the What I Learned From Watching series down to about 10min (with perhaps a couple side-videos) so I can make them more often. The possibilities are really endless. I’m also offering a Patreon perk where patrons can choose the subject of the next WILFW episode. Thanks for the comment!

[@JulianaBeasley1967]

Great video! Thanks for sharing. This is one of my favorites and your video was very informative.

[@Don8Maverick]

I decided to watch this movie just because I saw the title of this video yesterday. I'm in love with your channel. Maybe you don't accept suggestions, but I just wanted to say that I wish to see some works of European (I'm not from europe) directors like Ingmar bergman, kieslowski and some legendary french ones. Either you do a videos about them or not I will still watch every one of your video atleast 2 times. Keep working man. we love you

[@CinemaTyler]

Sᴇᴛᴜᴘ.ᴇxᴇ ­ Thank you so much for your kind words! It makes me so happy to know Dog Day Afternoon is getting more attention because of my videos-that’s the dream! You know, I haven’t gotten a bad suggestion yet. I love Bergman (even though I’ve only seen six of his films) and I definitely have much to say about the ones that I’ve seen. The possibilities of video subjects are really endless. I’m going to try and get the runtime down to around 10min a video, so I can release them more often. Right now I have a perk on my Patreon page to choose the subject of a What I Learned From Watching episode. Maybe I’ll implement some kind of poll where people can vote on a film to add to the schedule at some point. Thanks for the comment and thanks for watching!

[@AshishKaloliya]

You people are making very informative video essays. Thank you so much..

[@terrywitzu7874]

You've just made me want to watch this movie, again. Of course, it's been part of my collection for years, but I haven't watched it for a long time. Thank's for the history behind shooting this picture. Lumet used to be my fave director. :)

[@candysuxxx7981]

Great analysis and editing. Charles Durning and Pacino's negotiation scene is a favourite, I never knew it was an improv suggested by Lumet to throw Pacino. "without your orders, right? without your orders?" "no! yes! without my orders, yes!" It's great that you've shown that to get this kind of messy naturalistic dialogue, lumet was working meticulously behind the scenes. It was focus, control and direction that meant messy realism could arrive on screen.

[@CinemaTyler]

Thank you! It was fascinating to learn how involved Lumet was with the performances. It's surprising that, amid the chaos of shooting, they were able to try stuff like this.

[@steveblack610]

70s films got a lot of grit about em. Best line in this one for me....the phone call Al thinks will be the police but it’s the nutter with his “kill em all.”

[@alanwhit8770]

One of my fav films ... you did a mighty job here going behind the scenes.

[@homerliwag]

Fantastic essay. I'm going to watch all your videos now.

[@CinemaTyler]

Homer Liwag Thanks for watching!

[@Matty725]

Wow fabulous review! Very interesting, insightful and well researched.

[@CinemaTyler]

+Matty725 Thank you!

[@jacquelinefrusciante6038]

This is such a great job! thank you for sharing it! I just suscribed! Such a joy to watch this. Thank you.

[@Zig_Was_Here]

Just found you, and now I’m absolutely engrossed with your work. I’m on video three in just the last two hours! Thanks for making these videos and sharing with us your obvious and beautiful love and passion for movies. Can’t wait to watch more! You seem to have a serious appetite for Stanley Kubrick? And I need to stimulate mine. So I’m getting ready for those videos! 🎥🙌🏼🔥

[@CinemaTyler]

Thanks so much for the kind words!

[@mepinxotolporro]

This video is amazing thank you very much!

[@moniquelacosta5170]

THANK YOU FOR THIS WONDERFUL VIDEO!!! WHAT A GREAT TRIBUTE TO THE GREAT SIDNEY LUMET. THIS IS AL PACINO AT HIS FINEST!!!! JOHN CAZALE IS MAGNIFICENT!!!! SUPPORTING ACTORS ARE GREAT. The story is true which makes the film follow a docudrama format. The Pawnbroker and Dog Day Afternoon are two of my favorite Lumet films. Thanks.

[@hegstad9]

This review is as good as the film itself ! Bravo !

[@yusefendure]

Hats off to you! Your work is exceptional!

[@EyeLean5280]

These videos are masterful - thank you!

[@bojankotur4613]

I heard about this movie on your channel while watching the video about The Network. I'm glad I didn't know anything about this movie in advance so was surprised to see it was about a bank robbery. The intro with it's shots from everyday life in the 70s doesn't give you a single hint. Definitely a good movie, enjoyed watching it! P.S. Lance Henriksen was in this movie! He would later go on to play Bishop, the android in Aliens movie :-)