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Long Takes In the Movies, Antidote To CGI?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the can-i-cut-now dept.

brumgrunt submitted a Den of Geek story about long takes in movies. The premise is that CGI has made so many things possible that it all rings sterile now. Long shots are a better way to be flashy. Personally I absolutely love long takes, and I always elbow my wife excitedly when they happen. She probably hates them now! Some of the examples cited here are probably unfamiliar but maybe that'll just give you an excuse to queue them on Netflix.

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  1. The opposite... by Sooner+Boomer · · Score: 1, Troll

    I wonder if the opposite, the almost stroboscopic shooting and editing of scenes in contemporary television and cinema, are the cause or the effect of the millisecond attention span of today's ADD-infested viewers?

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  2. Re:I agree by Totenglocke · · Score: -1, Troll

    Wait, you LIKED Children of Men?

    It was rumored to be a great movie and Clive Owen is awesome, so I watched it when it came out on DVD - good god, I don't think the movie could've been more boring and lifeless.

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