Don’t Breathe (2016)

Directed by Fede Alvarez

Actual Story Structure Analysis

The film, as told through select subtitles:

[heavy breathing]

[gunshot]

[body being dragged across the floor]

[whimpering]

Alex: Let’s go.

[drill whirring]

[sniffing]

Blind Man: Hmm.

[beeps and blips]

[door creaks] x100

[muffled moans]

Alex: We need to get the fuck out of here.

[slight gasps]

[both grunting]

[blood sloshes]

[sobbing]

Blind Man: My baby… No!

Alex: Light, I see light!

[wheezing continues]

[bone crunches]

[blind man screams]

[wash cycle starts]

Blind man: Rich girls don’t go to jail.

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