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True4

18Jan12

El secreto de sus ojos (2009) http://mubi.com/films/the-secret-in-their-eyes

ExperimentoFilm

16Jan12

http://mubi.com/films/mysteries-of-lisbon

Shamus-

9Jan12

And damn: Otto Preminger. Would add any one of his great film noir: Fallen Angel, Laura and Angel Face for intricately choreographed and sinuous tracking shots.

I wouldn't call him a "long-take master" necessarily but Hawks opens his Scarface with a great tracking shot: it is fully equal to Welles' Touch of Evil. Then there is also the extraordinary opening shot of Ophuls' La Ronde, lasting well over five minutes.

Shamus-

8Jan12

Sam Fuller employs a lot of long takes, in Crimson Kimono, Pickup, and especially Forty Guns (where the tracking shots just seem to go on and on) but he also intercuts with rapid close-ups. Other long take masters: Resnais, Kubrick, Welles and Dreyer.

Kenji

8Jan12

I've added a scene from Forty Guns where the effect is greater for the lack of cutting
Kenji

8Jan12

I had Welles and Dreyer. The list started off as a smallish unplanned selection, gradually grown. There's already a great list on Contemplative Cinema
Kenji

8Jan12

With Kubrick, Ophuls is already evident in Paths of Glory

SAYONARA BUNKA!! (Formerly Corbeau)

25Jan11

I was gonna make a page just like this. Great page by the way. That LAST CHAPTER OF SNOW was incredible, I have to see it.

Kenji

31Dec10

Thanks for the suggestions, i'm just picking some not all examples for certain directors like Tarr (nor seen his Macbeth), Tarkovsky. I wasn't so keen on India Song or Duel but the long take in the latter sounds of interest (not seen for ages). Children of Men, like Y Tu Mama Tambien certainly had impressive long take

Martinus

30Dec10

I certainly would add Bela Tarr's 1982 television adaptation of MACBETH. Except for the first five minutes before the credits, it is one long shot of about one hour with the camera moving through the castle. Other memorable long take movies: INDIA SONG (Marguerite Duras, 1975), the candle scene in Tarkovsky's NOSTALGHIA (1983), GOODFELLAS (Scorsese, 1990), CHILDREN OF MEN (Alfonso Cuarón, 2006). Also an interesting long take in Spielberg's DUEL (1971), when Dennis Weaver enters the bar. He uses it to intensify the dramatic impact of the last image of that take.

Kenji

18Dec10

Ah yes, well done, I am Cuba is extraordinary- what audacious camerawork!

Catalin Toader

18Dec10

Let's not forget one of the most important movies in the line, Soy Cuba - Mikhail Kalatozov (1964). Is still studied at the most important film schools across Europe, and Kalatozov is named "master of the long takes" as far as I know. Regards!

Britt Parrott

18Nov09

The opening shot of Wajda's A Generation is a great long take.

Tobin.

14Nov09

I would add Stranger Than Paradise as well.

Crap Monster

14Nov09

I did too actually but man...talk about long shots.... The first take I think cuts at past the 10 minute mark.

Kenji

14Nov09

thanks for the suggestion, i've not seen it for some time but i found it a bit bloated and ponderous

Crap Monster

14Nov09

Id suggest Kagemusha.