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What is the ASL of Public Enemies?

Adam Cook

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about 1 year ago

I’m working on a presentation for my American Cinema class on Mann’s Public Enemies. Among other things, I need to make reference to David Bordwell’s Intensified Continuity essay. It would help to know the average shot length (ASL) of the film, as one of Bordwell’s points pertains to the increasingly rapid editing in mainstream cinema. The length of Public Enemies is 140 minutes. If I knew how many shots were in the film, it could easily be calculated.

Does anyone know offhand or know a source online that could assist me?

Thanks.

like2sl​eep

about 1 year ago

if u have no luck searching 4 statistics just refer 2 an older piece of his work like manhunter (23 years older) which i have not seen though i am sure it has many slow long takes

and u can just watch the first 10-20 minutes of each film and count the shots… that should give an indication of the difference in each films ASL

Adam Cook

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about 1 year ago

Not a bad idea.