On 11 May 2008 13:06:02 -0500, M C Hamster
<davolson@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>On Fri, 09 May 2008 16:52:47 -0700, Jon M <faceonmars@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>wrote:
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>>On Fri, 09 May 2008 22:37:20 GMT, Mary <mrfeathers@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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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.
Here's a little better article about this tracking shot in
"Atonement":
http://www.boston.com/ae/movies/articles/2007/12/29/atonement_brings_the_long_tracking_shot_back_into_focus/
or
http://tinyurl.com/62yvjd
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