Raoul Isidro Images wrote:
The Longest Day

Attack On Casino by British Forces.

This has got to be the most awesome 1.5 minutes of pure adrenalin of a cinematography

---No cuts, for over 1 minute and 20 seconds.
---No CGI, there wasn't one, when they made this.
---Pure choreographic brilliance or every actor and every extra.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzd1gCc5CO8



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Have you by chance seen the opening sequence of Robert Altman's "The Player" recently?

MN camera wrote:

Have you by chance seen the opening sequence of Robert Altman's "The Player" recently?

The Player Opening Sequence.. shot lasts 7 minutes and 47 seconds without a single camera break. And it took 15 Takes to get it right.

James S wrote:
Eyes Wide Shut

agreed!

James S wrote:
Moulin Rouge
The Shining
Eyes Wide Shut

ah The Shining... One of my most favorites of all time!

DOUGLASFOTOS wrote:

The Player Opening Sequence.. shot lasts 7 minutes and 47 seconds without a single camera break. And it took 15 Takes to get it right.

he was probably paying homage to the opening shot of "touch of evil".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yg8MqjoFvy4

it's been mimicked quite a few times. very influential scene.

DOUGLASFOTOS wrote:
The Player Opening Sequence.. shot lasts 7 minutes and 47 seconds without a single camera break. And it took 15 Takes to get it right.

GK photo wrote:
he was probably paying homage to the opening shot of "touch of evil".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yg8MqjoFvy4

it's been mimicked quite a few times. very influential scene.

Especially since that sequence was specifically mentioned in the shot.

Vintagevista wrote:
I'll watch "Eyes Wide Shut" over and over

With the sound off

Beautiful to see - but then they ruin it by talking.

pretty much

Andialu wrote:
Baraka

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baraka_(film)

I was gonna list this but is its kind of dated.. Defo the quintessential SoCal stoner film of early 2000 though .

modeled wrote:

I was gonna list this but is its kind of dated.. Defo the quintestial SoCal stoner film of early 2000 though .

The maker of Baraka is coming out with a new film also shot on 70mm film.

Andialu wrote:

The maker of Baraka is coming out with a new film also shot on 70mm film.

Oh that's good to know!  Do you know the name or when?

modeled wrote:
Oh that's good to know!  Do you know the name or when?

Samsara

http://barakasamsara.com/
http://barakasamsara.com/theaters

I'm hoping to see it next week.

MN camera wrote:

Have you by chance seen the opening sequence of Robert Altman's "The Player" recently?

The opening sequence of that movie which lasts about 7 to 8 minutes was filmed in a studio set with controlled choreography and timeline cues. Filmed in early 1990's and released to cinema around 1992 if I'm not mistaken. A good challenging continuity take, but boring cinematography, IMO. It made it feel like an Opera Play instead of a movie film.
That's a good example of a really long take! Cheers!

MN camera wrote:
Have you by chance seen the opening sequence of Robert Altman's "The Player" recently?

Raoul Isidro Images wrote:
The opening sequence of that movie which lasts about 7 to 8 minutes was filmed in a studio set with controlled choreography and timeline cues. Filmed in early 1990's and released to cinema around 1992 if I'm not mistaken. A good challenging continuity take, but boring cinematography, IMO. It made it feel like an Opera Play instead of a movie film.
That's a good example of a really long take! Cheers!

The OP's question related to cinematography.  Knowing that it involves a Steadicam (with a full-size 1000 ft. 35mm magazine load) and stepping onto and off of a platform crane, moving in and out of doorways, all the while holding framings and focus while making those moves, I do believe it qualifies as cinematography, if indeed anything does. 

(The direction wasn't too shabby either.)

My favorite part of the entire sequence was Fred Ward's studio security character, several minutes in, describing the long take in "Touch of Evil" as compared to the newer techniques of "...cut, cut, cut" and turning the whole sequence into a clever in-joke.  Once that ends, the movie itself turns into the single best thumb in the eye of the Hollywood studio approach imaginable.

Andialu wrote:

Samsara

http://barakasamsara.com/
http://barakasamsara.com/theaters

I'm hoping to see it next week.

All west coast theaters... of course

Brian T Rickey wrote:
Kung Fu Hustle

hmm oooh yes and Shoalin soccer. I hope they bring out more films.