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Along with Cuaron’s ‘Children of Men’ & ‘Gravity’ long takes, there are the lovely shots in Kalatozov’s ‘Soy Cuba’: the opening 5 minute – 2 long shots –  one featuring an indigenous oarsman steering evocatively through poor pine-fringed waters with … Continue reading →

Talking to Ben Woodiwiss from FilmClub yesterday, coming home from judging the LAFTAs, we talked for a couple of hours about the long take.  This is mostly him: Two kinds of long take: those emphasising duration, and those emphasising space.  … Continue reading →