Or, at least good enough to get Oldboy added to my list of movies to catch eventually. :)
As tompurdue mentioned, Touch of Evil set an early standard for awesome long shots.
Off the top of my head right now, I can't come up with any long shots that top it.
Of course, this also got me thinking of tracking shots without cuts... and the Oldboy martial arts bit immediately brought to mind The Protector which has a fantastic track of the hero bustin' bad guys left and right as he heads up a staircase to save his elephant. There's also Strange Days with all the POV shots from the killer wearing the squid.
Oh! Long shot awesomeness just popped in. Exorcist III. There's one scene with a demon possessed patient crawling across the ceiling while other stuff goes on beneath them. Then there's also this scene from the movie which I had totally forgotten about. Need to watch those films again...
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That one was pretty good...
Date: 2008-10-02 08:08 pm (UTC)As
Off the top of my head right now, I can't come up with any long shots that top it.
Of course, this also got me thinking of tracking shots without cuts... and the Oldboy martial arts bit immediately brought to mind The Protector which has a fantastic track of the hero bustin' bad guys left and right as he heads up a staircase to save his elephant. There's also Strange Days with all the POV shots from the killer wearing the squid.
Oh! Long shot awesomeness just popped in. Exorcist III. There's one scene with a demon possessed patient crawling across the ceiling while other stuff goes on beneath them. Then there's also this scene from the movie which I had totally forgotten about. Need to watch those films again...