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Old 01-13-2020, 08:44 AM   #9
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Originally Posted by ssobol View Post
Most movies and TV shows don't live up to the hype. The media gets everyone worked up about how stunningly stupendous something is going to be and there is no way that the production can meet that expectation. Especially as most of the hype occurs after most of the production is already finished and there is little opportunity for the production to be improved.

The hype of the "single shot" effect for the whole movie is an example. Maybe it is the first time the technique has been used in a war movie, but it has already been done with other movies and some TV show episodes. Cinematographer for Birdman already won an Academy Award for it. Hitchcock did it in 1948.

FWIW, 1917 was edited to look like one shot. There have been films that were actually done in one continuous shot for the whole movie. Longest one was 140 minutes.

The whole one shot thing is old news, but it is being hyped as something new and wonderful.
Good, I read up on it because I am not much of a movie goer...not new but a bit different than most films and thus hopefully not the quagmire of "same old Hollywood stuff".
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