On Fri, 09 May 2008 16:52:47 -0700, Jon M <faceonmars@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:
>On Fri, 09 May 2008 22:37:20 GMT, Mary <mrfeathers@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>N Jill Marsh wrote:
>>>
>>>> It wasn't that long, only about six minutes or so. I watched it on
>>>> IFC or AMC recently. Most of the action took place in the parking
>>>> lot; the indoor action was filmed through a window or door. If you
>>>> want an insanely long take, check out the twelve minute take in
>>>> Children of Men.
>>>
>>> That one was impressive, I didn't look at the extra material and
>>> wondered if I'd just missed something.
>>>
>>> nj"and a good movie"m
>>
>>I saw Children of Men but don't know what the 12-minute take was. Can
>>you describe it?
>>
>>Mary
>>>
>
>It starts when Kee, Theo, Theo's wife Julian, the midwife Miriam, and
>Luke, the driver, get into the car. Julian and Theo play with a
>ping-pong ball. A burning car is pushed onto the road ahead, our
>party ****fts into reverse, a motorcycle pulls up next to the
>retreating car and the passenger shoots and kills one of our party.
>There is much screaming, the motorcycle crashes, our party finds a
>side road and turns around. A police car p***** our party, then turns
>around and pulls our party over. Guns are fired, Luke and Theo (and
>the cameraman) get out of the car and argue, then Theo and Luke get
>back in the car. The camera watches our car drive off. End of shot.
>
>That's the longest and most impressive, but I don't think there's a
>bad shot in the entire film.
>
There was a fabulous 5:20 second single shot in "Atonement". It's
described briefly here (videos have been removed by YouTube
unfortunately).
http://blog.60secondsmackdown.com/2007/12/07/atonements-incredible-5minutelong-dunkirk-shot-analyzed.aspx
or
http://tinyurl.com/6nsk3o
Just a marvel to watch. The camera slowly moves in and along the
length of the beach, capturing little scenes of the scared, tired
soldiers trapped on Dunkirk.
--
M C Hamster "Big Wheel Keep on Turning" -- Creedence Clearwater Revival
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