Telephone calls in films – will we ever get a realistic telephone conversation? One in which the party on the phone just responds with “Yes”, “No”, “Uh-huh” or “I see” rather than repeating everything that is said to them by the other party so that the viewer can understand what is happening. The only time I saw a realistic phone conversation (ie one which did not provide exposition or move the plot forward) on film was in a John Cassavetes film. I realise that a completely realistic phone conversation would be boring but at least I would respect the attempt.