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The opening 8-minute credit sequence shot in one take
Out of all of the times in film history that a director has chosen to attempt a complicated shot all in one take without edits or cuts, Robert Altman has topped them all with this sequence. At about 8 minutes in length, this must rank as the longest and most complex one-take tracking shot ever filmed, and Altman pulls it off brilliantly. He goes from so many different people and different locations that you realize just how much rehearsal and precise timing had to go into making this scene successful. During the scene, we see Tim Robbins arriving at his movie studio, going inside, two men precisely talking about great shots in movies past that were filmed all in one take, Tim Robbins taking pitches from writers in his office, and on and on. In this amazing film about moviemaking, this kind of sequence seems the most fitting here, and is brilliantly pulled off. You have to see this scene and realize -- this is all shot in one take, and you can fully appreciate the work involved to make it successful. |
