Why would filmmakers go through the excruciating trouble and pain of creating their films without a single cut - any mistake being detrimental - every shoot non-stop?
Why put yourself through all that pain? Why put your actors through all that pain? Why put the actual person carrying a camera for 90 minutes through all that pain? Why?
Can single-take films do things regular films can't?
Our answer is a resounding yes!
Listen in as we talk you through the ludicrously small selection of single-take films, including the "fakes", and look at just what each of them manages to achieve.
-Skip directly to the films that interest you the most
Rope: 8:33
Macbeth: 18:21
Russian Ark: 28:24
Birdman & Gaspar Noe: 38:49
Victoria: 44.40
Utøya 22. juli: 49:41
1917: 58:41
The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open: 1:09:54
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