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Post by FilmFlaneur on Mar 6, 2017 16:11:50 GMT
Hitchcock's Rope (I think) started it all, with a film, for the first time presented as a continuous take - although there was some necessary cheating since the exposed reels needed changing. The film itself is memorable, although not entirely successful : I recall it being a little stagey. Since then I remember Sokurov's Russian Ark, a genuine one-take this time, taking in 2000 cast members, 3 orchestras, 33 rooms, resulting in an artistic experience like no other. And none other than Bruce Campbell starred in the now-overlooked Running Time of 20 years ago, which certainly looked a genuine experience when I saw it back then, but I am not sure now whether any fudging did in fact take place. Then there is the relatively unknown Colombian PVC-1 (2007), which I have seen and which is well done, too if on a smaller scale. Then we have the aping of Hardcore Henry which, though not the genuine article, was fun and exhausting enough in its continuous-POV-way to be mentioned here. The most recent example in this small field, and another triumph of sort (it is hard not to make a one-short film without it being an achievement by definition, I guess!) was apparently the thriller Victoria from just two years ago. Any one seen this? Given that of all the films I have seen of this type, I would happily see them again, its a pretty good strike rate. But then I am always a sucker for gimmicks and a moving camera lol
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