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From Daily Film Dose: the greatest hits of the long tracking take, including the opening shot from A Touch Of Evil, Ray Liotta and Lorraine Bracco walking into the Copacabana in Goodfellas, and the opening of Boogie Nights starting from the marquee and ending on Marky Mark. No spastic edits, no cuts, no CGI. Warning: spoilers. Thanks to the Lifetime Underachievement Awardee. I’m not entirely convinced Russian Ark was a single 96-minute shot, but I’d probably be more impressed if I’d stayed awake throughout the movie.
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June 18th, 2007 at 09:00
This reminds me of Mike Figgis’s ‘Time Code.’ Four scenes happening simultaneously, each 90ish-minute scene shot as one long take. The screen is divided into quadrants, where each scene is shown. The soundtrack cues the viewer in on which part of the screen to pay close attention to. Not a great movie, but pretty interesting.
Didn’t ‘Scorpio Nights 2’ have a long tracking shot?
July 1st, 2007 at 07:46
I hope you’ll manage to catch Paris, Je T’aime. In the collection of shorts, Alfonso Cuaron’s segment is another long tracking shot. I liked the sense of bewilderment that I got before things got revealed toward the end of his part.
The rest of the film is great, by the way. I especially also liked Tom Tykwer’s, Gerard DePardieu’s, Guhinder Chadha’s, Wes Craven’s, and Christopher Doyle’s segments most. It’s a great set of films showcasing the best in modern cinema as a tribute to the city that elevated film as high art.