Yep, yep. The ones in Daredevil were also extremely well done. But if we are talking TV, I'd like to throw in one of my favourites was one that didn't involve "action" per se. The opening of Battlestar Galactica with Commander Adama walking around the ship greeting crew members. One of, if not the best, opening sequences to any TV show.
If Hitchcock could have done Rope in one take, he would have. Unfortunately, he had to stop to change film reels. But no stop is obvious, you have to really look for them. The one that comes to mind is when the camera is obscured by the back of one character's coat. After the reel had been changed, he started filming again with the character's coat.
I don't know how long the shot was, but most memorable for me was from "Frenzy" - a single the slow tracking shot reversing down a set of stairs as a murder is committed behind a door after it closes. The camera then reverses out into a bustling street and up into the air with a shot panning over London. I don;t think it was actually all that long, maybe over a minute or so, but hugely poignant.
Greg Gallacci Could be misinformed here but I'm sure on the UK DVD extra for the VFX they mentioned that they only could do 2 takes of the scene and the first attempt failed over a miscue. So you are watching just one take, the second and they digitally painted out the blood splatter, (they admitted it was a cool mistake but got in the way as the scene progressed).
Greg Gallacci Exactly the long shot I was going to mention! I had almost forgotten about the film and when he named it I immidiately assumed it would be that one. The one right near the end, correct?
The opening of "Touch of Evil" is a masterpiece in selection of detail. At EVERY moment, Welles is guiding the narrative focus, your awareness of setting, and the tension of that 3 minute timer (which, by the way, goes off after almost exactly 3 minutes -- granted, with the benefit of the scene's first cut). The narrative tag team between the doomed car and the newlyweds is sublime.
dude!!! the kill bill longtake at the house of blue leaves!!! the music, the style, the eccentricity of japanese youth culture amidst the building tension as the bride stalks o-ren's assistant? so many moving parts, the nuance of each character played out at a far like a heironymus bosch painting!!! amazing!!!
+Da Pumaface I doubt it. Assuming it is true, a very large team would be needed, and they would start by resetting the parts of the set nearest to the camera, then moving on to the rest of the set
The longest day had a good one; when the French commandos attack a Germab held harbor, and the shot establishes exactly who is who and where, to put the stakes in perspective. And as a long distant shot the gets closer, it really gives a sense of scale
I think the people at CineFix just hate Oldboy for some reason. There are a bunch of these lists that they have done which it should probably be on, but instead they just jam The Mirror into everything
I'm sorry but I don't think Gravity or any digitally manipulated film should be on this list, only natural actual takes that took the length of the film in the camera and the extraordinary effort to plan out and practice one long perfect shot. Anything else is just an animated film that can be manipulated to seem like one huge long take, such as Birdman. Not nearly as impressive as an actual physical take that required efforts from all the players to be in unison to accomplish.
+KevinR1138 agree, when i saw gravity i started dreading that revenge of the sith would show up on the list.... fortunately that didnt happen just putting gravity ahead of touch of evil is a sin
+KevinR1138 But when we don't know the behind the scenes cheating, it's fine. Because, if it still contributes the effect desired, then it worked, right? Right.
+Brian Merritt No, I didn't say I agree with the shots that cheated, if you're going to praise something in the list of great long shots in film that I don't think you should use anything the cheats. In the digital domain modern films you can cheat anything, fast editing in the older films still a cheat. If the title of your video is great long takes in films that I think they should actually be long takes not "clever editing". Right.
+Brian Merritt Then read my first post as to why clever editing isn't as impressive as a exhaustively planned and executed single shot, if you don't understand my reasoning...then never mind.
This is one of the reasons I love this channel. I'd prefer to be surprised than pandered to. I spent the entire video thinking "OK, obviously they'll get to 'Russian Ark' and any of Tarantino's many long-shots." Nope. There's that little pedantic part of me that wants to be mad about their omission (and that of the hallway fight scene in "Oldboy", though that was also cleverly pieced together to appear as a long shot), but I'd rather see new things than have my ego polished.
Snake Eyes is so criminally overlooked and underappreciated. One of De Palma's best in my opinion. The whole film is masterfully directed and the cinematography is absolutely astounding. Editing is also incredibly well done and the performances are all electrifying in my honest opinion. One of my favorites, for sure. It's just a good ol' hoot n' hollerin' fun time.
+Happydude Hemmings Too bad they seem to know not Bela Tarr, since his movies should occupy all the first positions in this list. And yet they dare to speak of Film History. Bah.
+Nicola Ballestrin Indeed!. Bella Tarr`s opening on Werckmeister Harmonies was SUPERB!! I really hoped to see it at least on No.2 on this list. Even though Cinefix knows a lot about non-comercial movies... sometimes they miss some great ones.
My favorite long scene starts at about 10:30 into the Firefly-inspired movie *Serenity* and ends at 14:50 ... for a total length of 04 minutes 20 seconds. This long take wanders through the spaceship that is home for all the main characters, and introduces every main character in the process. Amazing take, great movie.
@@gordonrobb : Maybe. I watched many times very carefully and ... I can't be sure. However, it does make sense that the set builders would prefer not to build the lower deck physically under the rest ... which tends to support your claim.
I never saw the movie, so I had to just go look it up right now. That’s got to be one of the best I’ve ever seen!?! There’s so much to look at! WoW! 🤯 You are so right! *breathtaking*
The opening scene in Spectre is amazing because the camera must have been moved between drone, crane and handheld and lasts about 10 minutes with hundreds of extras. Alfred Hitchcock's Rope feels like one long shot but it's a series of long shots that were stitched together at clever transition points.
+Douche Bag Don't be discouraged, my friend! I still found it impressive. It's more of an achievement than anything I've shot so it's okay to be impressed by default. I certainly was!
It actually baffles me that there are people who are questioning this list with movies that have come out in the last two years. LOOK AT THE PUBLISH DATE.
Gravity. does it count as a long take when so much of the scene is CG? It kind of takes the pressure off. 100% agree on choice for #1. Children of Men is required viewing.
I was one of those who didn't notice that the car scene was a continuous take, but even so, the scene was remarkable in how quickly and completely everything goes south.
The escape from the city in War of the Worlds; the acrobatic long take in Panic Room; the tv headquarters tour in Magnolia; the football stadium scene in The Secret in the Eyes; the point-of-view chase in Strange Days; the fight in Oldboy. They should expand the list to top 25, there are so many.
The stadium scene in "The Secret in their Eyes" is actually a 3 take scene. I saw an interview with Ricardo Darín, the lead actor in the movie, and he said it.
Arthur Gonçalves do Rosário yeah but lots of these type of shots use that method including some on this list. The shot in TSITE is absolutely astounding. As long as you can't tell while watching it that its cheated I personally don't mind it at all. La Casa Muda used this technique to great effect.
The four minute scene from about ten minutes into Serenity. Whilst maybe not super technical, this immediately introduces you to the ship Serenity and all nine characters.
Henry McClintock I agree! It's brilliant! Every character makes a minute appearance and is fully developed. btw they did cheat by tying together two shots tho
While #1 is indeed fantastic, I found the other long take from Children of Men (when they're carrying the baby out of the building at the end of the film) to be better. The car scene is technically more impressive, but the end scene was more memorable and emotional for me.
The opening scene of Mikhail Katalozov’s extraordinary ‘Soy Cuba’ has definitely been overlooked here. Scorsese for one is a big fan of the film, having fought to get the print restored in the early ‘90’s (it may even have influenced the famous tracking shot in GoodFellas, but don’t quote me on that!)
The Rope! You missed the one with the longest takes, and the first one to do it in a seemingly single take - all while music and foley is played live in the background (back then sound needed to be recorded at the same time).
I would have to agree. I was waiting for Rope as well. Although there are cuts, the entire movie appears to be two long takes. Hitchcock is basically showing off. LOL
Rope has a cut at the end of each reel (1000 ft of film max that the Mitchell BNCR could take) roughly an 11 minute shot. Cuts were planned to mask them.
indeed, which is why i wrote "seemingly" one cut. the cuts are mostly hidden, even if there are some that are not, because they occur with a roll change (back in the day of projectors, every 20 minutes); the rest is masked in blackout cuts.
OperationBaboon I suspect that young people who have only seen movies that are digitally projected will not understand about reel changes. When movie theaters actually used film projectors, they had to have two in each projection booth and a human being had to switch from one projector to the other at the end of a reel. While one reel was running, the already projected reel had to be swapped out for the next reel to be shown after the current one. There was a small black circle that flashed in the upper right corner to let the projectionist know when to change projectors. There were two that were several seconds apart. The first was the warning to get ready and the second was the signal to switch. Moviegoers did not notice the circles. However once I learned of them and looked for them, I almost always saw them.
I swear that scene was the most intense sequence I've ever ever seen in any entertainment medium. "Easy, easy, in and out, in and out..." I was about to have a goddamn aneurysm.
I could not agree with you more! That long take in episode 4 had me literally screaming by the end when he was getting up on that fence and the camera moved along with it! It surely must go down as one of the best shots ever done.
it was meh....pretty much over reacted...besides the homies in the hood where running like everywhere....there was no coherence in the takes.....it was very poorly made....even for the silver screen
Emmanuel Lubezki is my favorite cinematographer of my generation. 2 films on this list were of his doing. Gravity (which he won an Academy Awards for best cinematography) -- and your #1 choice Children Of Men (which he lost to the cinematographer of Pan's Labyrinth). He also did Malick's "Tree Of Life", and he won another Oscar this last year for Innaritu's 'Birdman'. Absolutely amazing. I'm so ready for Innaritu's 'The Revenant' and Malick's 'Knight Of Cups'
There's a long take in the movie "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri" that is brilliant too, if you haven't seen that movie, go and watch it, when the scene shows up, you'll know what I was talking about.
Vladyslav Zvolsky I believe it's the ultimate long take - no other movie shows a chaos of modern battle in one such a long take. It was digitally stitched though.
Jakub Badełek Botch mentioned takes from Children of Men are digitally combined...but it looks like one continous shot and that is very impressive. And you are right...The chaos of a war in a city was never more frightnend than in this movie.
It still had actors and gimbals and camera movements. Gravity is one of those movies that I thought I was going to hate but it turned out to be a very enjoyable watch.
Yeah, you might as well give it to enter the void, which was almost a movie made out of a single point of view experience, and though it had cuts, some were only "temporal" jumps and not really pov cuts because the pov guy was in an astral experience and his mind was everywhere. It had some really long continuous secquences and good smooth transitions, from the moment the film starts, to the moment the protagonist is lying on the bahtroom´s floor, and then he is looking all throughout Toyko. But overall, it was too digital to consider it a "single shot" rather than a continuos scene, or editings and vfx.
i’m glad hard boiled got a mention. like some of the other one takes on this list, the one take was filmed because of constraints (the crew were getting very exhausted spending days straight in that hospital set). one of the best action movies of all time
I agree, Kubrick would have been a better include than Gravity. I wonder if this list is one of those commissioned studio concoctions to pimp the current movie. There are a bunch out there that have no purpose but positioning The Dark Knight Rises as something more than an embarrassing letdown for WB.
Scorsese is a genius, but it’s worth noting that the entire shot works so perfectly off the back of Lorraine Bracco’s performance. You could (should) well argue that that’s also Scorsese’s direction, but the reason for me that the scene works so well is because I’m so swept up in her state of mind. I get so drunk on the impressiveness of Ray Liota’s character in that sequence, because the whole motion is a play on her whirlwind experience. The scene as it plays out once they’ve landed at their table (the cautiousness of Bracco, the hesitancy of Liota to reveal his true status) is some of the most incredible acting I’ve ever seen. It’s entirely slight, and full of nuance. Never playing to the camera for award, just so unbelievably solidified in a small, awkward, but wholeheartedly truthful moment of curiosity, nervousness and excitement. True brilliance on film. Rarely seen, and well worth remembering. Thank you for the video!
They left out the Number One long take, which was the entire film "Russian Ark". One shot that lasted over 60 minutes, filmed with a cast of thousands in the Hermitage in St. Petersburg, Russia, it's one of the most glorious films ever. The camera moves through the galleries of the Hermitage and encounters costumed characters that represent Russian history. Big error on the part of this Cinefix "historian". Also, Russian Ark came out in 2003, so it's not ancient and is very famous.
This leaves out the greatest of all! The continuous shot of the front entrance of the hotel all the way to the Eyes of the twitching man in "Young and Innocent" is probably the greatest one-shot in cinema history
I actually enjoyed the movie. Sure, the first half is way better and the movie is everything else but perfect and I also understand when people don't like the movie but for me it was a cool cinema experience. I had no expectations and didn't even now a single thing about the plot when I took my seet. The only thing I knew was the fact that it is a one-shot-movie and that it has subtitles and the rating on moviepilot was high. :'D
Glad The Player was included for that opening, but was more than a little shocked that Rope didn't even get a mention, seeing as the entire film was shot as a series of long 10 minute takes, with some of the most difficult and fluid camera movements ever filmed. Would have thought that the wacky cam chase scene from Raising Arizona deserved a shout out as well.
Man if we were counting TV Series, that hallway fight scene from Daredevil is freaking amazing. Also, I thought Tarkosvsky's water-dream was absolutely incredible in Stalker. I know you already included Tarkosvsky but that scene was worth a mention in my opinion.
The tracking shot of Kirk Douglas walking through the French trenches during the artillery barrage prior to the ill-advised WW I attack on the German held Anthill.
gravity kinda cheated because they animated nearly everything apart from the actors faces so when you they could basically do the whole film like this easily because they just have to add the actors face and let the animation team do the rest
Vladimir Yudin and it’s not only that. The camera moves in and out of dozens of rooms in the Hermitage museum in St. Petersburg the whole film, with every scene set in a different epoch of Russian history. I mean you can’t do a list about long shots and not put it on top. And these guys don’t even put it in the list for fuck’s sake
muserock2367 mentioned but it doesn’t make the list, which reflects even worse on these guys as they have consciously excluded the greatest long shot ever by any measure from their list, which incidentally is very poor
Why the car scene and not the massive battle a bit later in Children of Men? Yes, there's a couple of clear cuts (blood splats), but it's really meant to be swallowed whole.
Both scenes are great, but the car scene is according to me the better one. The whole movie is great, a shame that so few even know it exists. Trivia: The blood splatter in the car scene wasn't meant to happen and the camera man wanted to stop filming, but thankfully someone said no. Good call.
What about the end of "Children of men?" That was absolutely unbelievable. All the bullets and explosions and actors moving around..looked danagerous, so immersive!
Aw get Gravity out of here. I didn't feel like I was in that world. I was thinking "why the fuck did they hire George Clooney and Sandra Bullock to play astronauts? I'm already taken out of the movie!".
This isn't a classic, but the most recent example that impressed me. The last episode of Cobra Kai. The school fight scene. 90 seconds, dozens of actors switching out with dozens of stunt doubles in a massive brawl. Well done.
Sage Status or butch going back to his apartment. The stillness of that camera going thru the fence baffles the hell out of me- more and more with each re-watch
@@Bubmet yes! So glad someone else feels the same about that scene. I keep telling people how great that scene is shot where the camera is following butch and I always wondered how the camera got through that fence haha
+Gabriel Tiller That's more a testament to the incredible acting and writing. The camera doesn't move at all. It's definitely a ballsy shot to do but it's so simple that it doesn't really require any skill, per se. More so just a willingness to take a chance on a shot.
***** Why am I wrong? I didn't say that Steve McQueen has no talent, I just stated a fact, which is that it doesn't require talent to film a static shot for 17 minutes. It's a great scene and a great shot, but anyone can do it. The thing that makes McQueen a great director is knowing that and doing it anyway, which is why it's ballsy.
You forgot he penultimate shot of Michelangelo Antonioni’s The Passenger (1975), a seamless tracking movement lasting more than six minutes, is one of the wonders of world cinema.
"I'm a Lonesome Polecat" scene from Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. Not only a long take, but a single one. They had to get it right first time: no do-overs. Rehearsal, then shot. Perfectly choreographed, synchronised and executed dance in the snow whilst cutting wood.
+PUMPA DOUR exactly, the "Russian Ark" stands apart from any other effort because it's the only true one take film ever made. If you listen carefully, at the end of this video they give it a special mention
Can't figure out why they didn't include Russian Ark but, even worse, the guy mentions it under his breath at the end of the video, as though they're saying, "Yeah, we know all about it, but we thought a movie with Nicholas Cage was better."
The ball scene in Russian Ark. The funeral scene, party scene and canal scene in Soy Cuba. The Agnes Moorhead long-shot (actually two takes spliced together) in Citizen Kane. So many great examples.
@@ehsbe1056 The movie is made with multiple long takes. They rehearsed intensly to get the timing right for when people came in and out of frame. And those long shots where carefully staged so they could be edited like one continuous shot. (If you don't count the shots that flash by within a few seconds near the end)
My favourite long takes are 1, the scene where the oil rig catches fire in there will be blood and 2, the scene where the young man is thrown out the window in three billboards outside ebbing Missouri. The latter was absolutely breathtaking
yeah, if they were going to use films that cheated anyways, they should have used Birdman. It wasn't actually shot like a play though, it was plenty of smaller takes stitched together. I was waiting on that or the scene from Kill Bill.
Birdman was three long takes. CineFix actually addresses this in a future video. I was appalled as well that it didn't make the list until I saw the upload date.
Dreadnaught1985 they cut every time they went through a doorway or a dark area and everyone once in a while they'd move the camera very close to a characters back and cut
There's a 6-minute long shot in the first season of "True Detective" that is absolutely astonishing.
Bout time someone said that.
One of the best scenes ever filmed. You can tell Fukanaga has Woo influences
Yep, yep. The ones in Daredevil were also extremely well done. But if we are talking TV, I'd like to throw in one of my favourites was one that didn't involve "action" per se. The opening of Battlestar Galactica with Commander Adama walking around the ship greeting crew members. One of, if not the best, opening sequences to any TV show.
It was filmed several times. Probably is a composite of several shots.
Its easily the best I have ever seen.
'Shaun of the Dead' when he walked to the shop and back twice, both with different tones.
you got red on you!
Yes! I was gonna point that out, too. Can't believe it isn't on the list.
one of the more subversively funny long takes!! SURELY!!
Oh yes, definitely some fantastic camera shooting on Shaun of the Dead.
Adam Halstead fuck yes, definitely left that one out. That's one of the best surely
Missed “Old Boy” great fight scene.
Eric Haynes that was perfect
or the Book of Eli when they have the shoot out at the cannibals house
that's more like choreography, lacks camera movement
it was meh
@@Pantano63 it was meh? You’re probably thinking about the American one. We’re talking about the 2003 Korean version dim wit
Alfred Hitchcock's Rope - a series of10 long shots that comprise the entire film
It's basically one long shot! You don't even notice the camera cuts. It's my favorite movie!
I cant believe this wasn’t mention. Rope would of been my number 1
If Hitchcock could have done Rope in one take, he would have. Unfortunately, he had to stop to change film reels. But no stop is obvious, you have to really look for them. The one that comes to mind is when the camera is obscured by the back of one character's coat. After the reel had been changed, he started filming again with the character's coat.
I don't know how long the shot was, but most memorable for me was from "Frenzy" - a single the slow tracking shot reversing down a set of stairs as a murder is committed behind a door after it closes. The camera then reverses out into a bustling street and up into the air with a shot panning over London. I don;t think it was actually all that long, maybe over a minute or so, but hugely poignant.
I was expecting Rope to be #1.
"Children of Men" has several stunning long takes, including the 'battle sequence'.
Not too often blood-spatter gets on the lens and stays there...
!!!!! That's right. After the bus, before the stairs, the blood vanishes. I had forgotten that bit.
Still one hell of a scene.
***** oh wow. never noticed that. I was thinking "why didn't they choose the battle scene???"... but now it makes sense.
Greg Gallacci Could be misinformed here but I'm sure on the UK DVD extra for the VFX they mentioned that they only could do 2 takes of the scene and the first attempt failed over a miscue. So you are watching just one take, the second and they digitally painted out the blood splatter, (they admitted it was a cool mistake but got in the way as the scene progressed).
***** They mention in documentaries that they had to digitally remove the blood from the camera.
Greg Gallacci Exactly the long shot I was going to mention! I had almost forgotten about the film and when he named it I immidiately assumed it would be that one. The one right near the end, correct?
The opening of "Touch of Evil" is a masterpiece in selection of detail. At EVERY moment, Welles is guiding the narrative focus, your awareness of setting, and the tension of that 3 minute timer (which, by the way, goes off after almost exactly 3 minutes -- granted, with the benefit of the scene's first cut). The narrative tag team between the doomed car and the newlyweds is sublime.
dude!!! the kill bill longtake at the house of blue leaves!!! the music, the style, the eccentricity of japanese youth culture amidst the building tension as the bride stalks o-ren's assistant? so many moving parts, the nuance of each character played out at a far like a heironymus bosch painting!!! amazing!!!
Sucks, not even in the top20
@Joey Clemenza Yeah, I also was hoping the fight scene that took 8weeks to make in the House of Blue Leaves would get mentioned. Great scene. 👍
How can you clear the floor in 20 seconds?!
DAT SHIT CRAY.
Well, the movie is "CRAY" xD
Maybe it's one that cheated, cutting whilst in the elevator
+Da Pumaface I doubt it. Assuming it is true, a very large team would be needed, and they would start by resetting the parts of the set nearest to the camera, then moving on to the rest of the set
The longest day had a good one; when the French commandos attack a Germab held harbor, and the shot establishes exactly who is who and where, to put the stakes in perspective.
And as a long distant shot the gets closer, it really gives a sense of scale
don't underestimate Chinese efficiency ;)
I really love the opening to rear window as it literally tells all you need to know without a single word of dialogue being spoken.
Oldboy (2003) the fight sequence in the corridor is a good one.
Oh...you mentioned the exact same thing I thought!
The only reason I clicked on this video was to see if Oldboy was on it. As it should.
Agreed, and it inspired an even better version in Daredevil
I think the people at CineFix just hate Oldboy for some reason. There are a bunch of these lists that they have done which it should probably be on, but instead they just jam The Mirror into everything
lol yeah maybe they do
THE OLDBOY HAMMER SCENE IS SO WELL CHOREOGRAPHED CMON CINEFIX!
That was the only scene I thought was going to be on this list!
Not the best Bond movie but the opening long shot of Bond moving through the Day of the Dead festival is pretty impressive.
oh i agree it’s incredible
the scene has multiple takes, but it is an amazing shot
Yes, Rodger Deakins tried something new in that film...and absolutely nailed it
@@Anonymous-iz5zdthat was Hoyte Van Hoytema
Add the opening fight scene to the Revenant to this list. One of the best long takes I've seen.
My god yes that was crazy I was upset it wasn't in.
what he is saying is now add it as this was made before the film was released.
Lewigicfc99 yep your right that shot was amazing. It was filmed in Alberta, Canada that scene and its by a popular campground.
I'm sorry but I don't think Gravity or any digitally manipulated film should be on this list, only natural actual takes that took the length of the film in the camera and the extraordinary effort to plan out and practice one long perfect shot. Anything else is just an animated film that can be manipulated to seem like one huge long take, such as Birdman. Not nearly as impressive as an actual physical take that required efforts from all the players to be in unison to accomplish.
+KevinR1138 agree, when i saw gravity i started dreading that revenge of the sith would show up on the list.... fortunately that didnt happen
just putting gravity ahead of touch of evil is a sin
+KevinR1138 But when we don't know the behind the scenes cheating, it's fine. Because, if it still contributes the effect desired, then it worked, right? Right.
+Brian Merritt
No, I didn't say I agree with the shots that cheated, if you're going to praise something in the list of great long shots in film that I don't think you should use anything the cheats. In the digital domain modern films you can cheat anything, fast editing in the older films still a cheat. If the title of your video is great long takes in films that I think they should actually be long takes not "clever editing".
Right.
KevinR1138 *shrug* there are no cuts i between, so as far as the viewer is concerned, the shot is uninterrupted.
+Brian Merritt
Then read my first post as to why clever editing isn't as impressive as a exhaustively planned and executed single shot, if you don't understand my reasoning...then never mind.
The scene from True Detective where Rust is with the bikers in the projects is amazing
We talking about cinema not tv or podcasts or tiktok
This is one of the reasons I love this channel. I'd prefer to be surprised than pandered to. I spent the entire video thinking "OK, obviously they'll get to 'Russian Ark' and any of Tarantino's many long-shots." Nope. There's that little pedantic part of me that wants to be mad about their omission (and that of the hallway fight scene in "Oldboy", though that was also cleverly pieced together to appear as a long shot), but I'd rather see new things than have my ego polished.
My favourite long shots all come in Irreversible. Stunning film.
1917 -“hold my beer”.
It’s not one take, it cuts without you noticing so it wouldn’t count
Otherwise movies like bird man would be featured
@@peters9889 It was painfully obvious when it cut...
Russian Ark.......
G P The cinematography in 1917 was subtle, I only noticed a few of the cuts, otherwise i looked artistic
Such a shame this came out before Birdman was released.
Seriously!!
Yes, but what about Birdman's father? It's name is Rope (1948).
Birdman wasnt all one take tho... Almost everytime the screen turned black a new take began...
Thanks, was thinking of the same thing!
+Dr. Professor Papa Murdoch PhD in Severe Internet Retardation Very true but there were some fantastic long takes.
The entire movie of “Rope” is done in 11 long takes, stopping only when a 1000 foot reel ran out of film.
Snake Eyes is so criminally overlooked and underappreciated. One of De Palma's best in my opinion. The whole film is masterfully directed and the cinematography is absolutely astounding. Editing is also incredibly well done and the performances are all electrifying in my honest opinion. One of my favorites, for sure. It's just a good ol' hoot n' hollerin' fun time.
That these guys like Tarkovski is just the coolest thing.
Happydude Hemmings The fact that they have it on this list proves that these guys KNOW THEIR SHIT.
+Happydude Hemmings Too bad they seem to know not Bela Tarr, since his movies should occupy all the first positions in this list. And yet they dare to speak of Film History. Bah.
+Nicola Ballestrin Indeed!. Bella Tarr`s opening on Werckmeister Harmonies was SUPERB!! I really hoped to see it at least on No.2 on this list. Even though Cinefix knows a lot about non-comercial movies... sometimes they miss some great ones.
Yea i was surprised to see Tarkovsky.. It was a good surprise
My favorite long scene starts at about 10:30 into the Firefly-inspired movie *Serenity* and ends at 14:50 ... for a total length of 04 minutes 20 seconds. This long take wanders through the spaceship that is home for all the main characters, and introduces every main character in the process. Amazing take, great movie.
It's a good one, but it's at least 2 shots. There's a hidden cut in the whip pan before Mal goes down stairs to the lower deck.
@@gordonrobb : Maybe. I watched many times very carefully and ... I can't be sure. However, it does make sense that the set builders would prefer not to build the lower deck physically under the rest ... which tends to support your claim.
@@maxbootstrap7397 Oh I didn't spot it. Whedon himself said it in some BTS video I saw.
@@gordonrobb : Ah. Thanks for the info. I guess that pretty much settles it, doesn't it? 🙂
Dunkirk scene in “Atonement” is breathtaking❤️
that long shot didn't even save that movie... it was borinnng
I never saw the movie,
so I had to just go look it up right now.
That’s got to be one of the best I’ve ever seen!?! There’s so much to look at!
WoW! 🤯
You are so right! *breathtaking*
The opening scene in Spectre is amazing because the camera must have been moved between drone, crane and handheld and lasts about 10 minutes with hundreds of extras. Alfred Hitchcock's Rope feels like one long shot but it's a series of long shots that were stitched together at clever transition points.
+Patrick Coston spectre stitched together 4 takes for that one shot, its still incredible though
+AmazingJoe96 Aw man, I was really impressed with that scene. Sucks to know it wasn't really one shot.
Douche Bag although its still impressive that the cuts were disguised so well
+Douche Bag Don't be discouraged, my friend! I still found it impressive. It's more of an achievement than anything I've shot so it's okay to be impressed by default. I certainly was!
+Douche Bag they tried but back then cameras couldn't shoot really long take
It actually baffles me that there are people who are questioning this list with movies that have come out in the last two years. LOOK AT THE PUBLISH DATE.
Gravity. does it count as a long take when so much of the scene is CG? It kind of takes the pressure off.
100% agree on choice for #1. Children of Men is required viewing.
I was one of those who didn't notice that the car scene was a continuous take, but even so, the scene was remarkable in how quickly and completely everything goes south.
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OLDBOY HALLWAY?????????!!!!!!!!!
*Flips desk
+Remy Carreiro Oh my god... you're right !
*Flips desk too
+Remy Carreiro Seconded. Hell, even the american remake did a decent job of it (though I think they slipped a cut in)
I was definitely expecting to see the tight corridor scene from Oldboy.
I was definitely expecting to see the tight corridor scene from Oldboy.
+Guile21 Thank you for that second desk flip. I hope it drove our point home!
The escape from the city in War of the Worlds; the acrobatic long take in Panic Room; the tv headquarters tour in Magnolia; the football stadium scene in The Secret in the Eyes; the point-of-view chase in Strange Days; the fight in Oldboy. They should expand the list to top 25, there are so many.
The stadium scene in "The Secret in their Eyes" is actually a 3 take scene. I saw an interview with Ricardo Darín, the lead actor in the movie, and he said it.
Arthur Gonçalves do Rosário yeah but lots of these type of shots use that method including some on this list. The shot in TSITE is absolutely astounding. As long as you can't tell while watching it that its cheated I personally don't mind it at all. La Casa Muda used this technique to great effect.
I said the same about the chasing scene in 'the secret in their eyes' i love the feeling it gives plus it is so perfectly done
I actually find the long take towards the end of Children of Men a little more impressive. Both are incredible though.
So glad Children of Men was number one. That scene will always get me.
The four minute scene from about ten minutes into Serenity. Whilst maybe not super technical, this immediately introduces you to the ship Serenity and all nine characters.
Henry McClintock I agree! It's brilliant! Every character makes a minute appearance and is fully developed. btw they did cheat by tying together two shots tho
I was hoping someone would mention this.
"Are they grenades?"
1. The original Oldboy (hallway fight)
2. Magnolia (camera follows the game show kid into the studio building)
"El secreto de sus ojos" That stadium shot. The best long shot ever in film history.
It's fantastic!
I think The Revenant's action scene in the beginning should be on this list
Mos Def boi
Dylan Monahan YES!
Dylan Monahan THAT IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE
Dylan Monahan totally agree!
Dylan Monahan I'll agree with that too!!!!
Russian Ark - around 1hr 30 of continuous steadycam shot. I think there were 3000 actors involved too ...
@ lol @ handwaving away the fact you were bored
While #1 is indeed fantastic, I found the other long take from Children of Men (when they're carrying the baby out of the building at the end of the film) to be better. The car scene is technically more impressive, but the end scene was more memorable and emotional for me.
^this
Scene from the argentinian Movie "The Secret In Their Eyes" in the Football Stadium was fantastic and should have been in here
Adrian Shabani I thought it would be here in this list.
Adrian Shabani If you see the behind the scenes, they say that it wasn't actually one shot
Arthur Reis Oh, you're right. I had forgotten about the behind the scenes, but in any case it's still is a fantastic scene
Adrian Shabani too much CGI
Andres Rolon because gravity was shoot in space...
The opening scene of Mikhail Katalozov’s extraordinary ‘Soy Cuba’ has definitely been overlooked here. Scorsese for one is a big fan of the film, having fought to get the print restored in the early ‘90’s (it may even have influenced the famous tracking shot in GoodFellas, but don’t quote me on that!)
The Rope!
You missed the one with the longest takes, and the first one to do it in a seemingly single take - all while music and foley is played live in the background (back then sound needed to be recorded at the same time).
I thought of Rope too. It's a series of long takes.
I would have to agree. I was waiting for Rope as well. Although there are cuts, the entire movie appears to be two long takes. Hitchcock is basically showing off. LOL
Rope has a cut at the end of each reel (1000 ft of film max that the Mitchell BNCR could take) roughly an 11 minute shot. Cuts were planned to mask them.
indeed, which is why i wrote "seemingly" one cut. the cuts are mostly hidden, even if there are some that are not, because they occur with a roll change (back in the day of projectors, every 20 minutes); the rest is masked in blackout cuts.
OperationBaboon I suspect that young people who have only seen movies that are digitally projected will not understand about reel changes. When movie theaters actually used film projectors, they had to have two in each projection booth and a human being had to switch from one projector to the other at the end of a reel. While one reel was running, the already projected reel had to be swapped out for the next reel to be shown after the current one. There was a small black circle that flashed in the upper right corner to let the projectionist know when to change projectors. There were two that were several seconds apart. The first was the warning to get ready and the second was the signal to switch. Moviegoers did not notice the circles. However once I learned of them and looked for them, I almost always saw them.
what about the hall fight scene in Oldboy?
Whole " Victoria " that german movie is one big take. True Detective season 1 have few minutes take with Rusty escape from suburbs.love that
I feel like an exception should've been made for True Detective's long take.
I swear that scene was the most intense sequence I've ever ever seen in any entertainment medium.
"Easy, easy, in and out, in and out..." I was about to have a goddamn aneurysm.
Loved that episode just for that long take. Tense.
neh....its good like that. long escenes are overated
I could not agree with you more! That long take in episode 4 had me literally screaming by the end when he was getting up on that fence and the camera moved along with it! It surely must go down as one of the best shots ever done.
it was meh....pretty much over reacted...besides the homies in the hood where running like everywhere....there was no coherence in the takes.....it was very poorly made....even for the silver screen
Emmanuel Lubezki is my favorite cinematographer of my generation. 2 films on this list were of his doing. Gravity (which he won an Academy Awards for best cinematography) -- and your #1 choice Children Of Men (which he lost to the cinematographer of Pan's Labyrinth).
He also did Malick's "Tree Of Life", and he won another Oscar this last year for Innaritu's 'Birdman'.
Absolutely amazing. I'm so ready for Innaritu's 'The Revenant' and Malick's 'Knight Of Cups'
There's a long take in the movie "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri" that is brilliant too, if you haven't seen that movie, go and watch it, when the scene shows up, you'll know what I was talking about.
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I really liked another long scene from "Children of men", the one in the middle of a war zone at the end.
Vladyslav Zvolsky I believe it's the ultimate long take - no other movie shows a chaos of modern battle in one such a long take. It was digitally stitched though.
Jakub Badełek Botch mentioned takes from Children of Men are digitally combined...but it looks like one continous shot and that is very impressive. And you are right...The chaos of a war in a city was never more frightnend than in this movie.
Vladyslav Zvolsky Sorry to probably disappoint, but the war-zone sequence has two disguised cuts.
***** I already know that but it look awesome anyway, aint am I right ?
Vladyslav Zvolsky I just watched it today. Stitched together or not, it looked amazing.
This list cannot be taken seriously without anything from Bela Tarr.
MinamuTV yes. You goddamn right!
Exactly. Damnation should be here.
All good but Gravity really shouldn't qualify as it's entirely digital.
It still had actors and gimbals and camera movements. Gravity is one of those movies that I thought I was going to hate but it turned out to be a very enjoyable watch.
Yeah, you might as well give it to enter the void, which was almost a movie made out of a single point of view experience, and though it had cuts, some were only "temporal" jumps and not really pov cuts because the pov guy was in an astral experience and his mind was everywhere. It had some really long continuous secquences and good smooth transitions, from the moment the film starts, to the moment the protagonist is lying on the bahtroom´s floor, and then he is looking all throughout Toyko. But overall, it was too digital to consider it a "single shot" rather than a continuos scene, or editings and vfx.
The actors and cameramen still had to work and rehearse to create that entire shot -- the set is digital but the people aren't.
Max Milian Did they, or were the actors faces into the helmets added after the CGI was created?
@@jennycraigadventures3314 They had them there bc you can see footage of them filming that scene
The Revenant has one of the most phenomenal long shots I've ever seen.
I know it's not a movie but True Detective S1E4 : hold-up in the projects.
Tyler Harriott 100%, one of my all time favourite television scenes
I loved that scene!!!
Tyler Harriott
That was sheer brilliance
Love that one, but I'm sure there's a cut or two
I also equally love the long take parody of it in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
i’m glad hard boiled got a mention. like some of the other one takes on this list, the one take was filmed because of constraints (the crew were getting very exhausted spending days straight in that hospital set). one of the best action movies of all time
2001 A Space Odyssey. You missed many there and also in other Kubrick works. He was kind of obsessed with long takes.
I agree, Kubrick would have been a better include than Gravity. I wonder if this list is one of those commissioned studio concoctions to pimp the current movie. There are a bunch out there that have no purpose but positioning The Dark Knight Rises as something more than an embarrassing letdown for WB.
Or the one in the shining with Danny on the tricycle.
Why was Russian Arc not on the list?
+Real Human Bean At least they are aware they left it out.
I think it's mainly because they're taking about specific scenes and not entire movies. But it's great that they still mentioned it.
+Real Human Bean So long takes subconciously cause me to hold my breath. Russian Arc almost f'ing killed me.
+Real Human Bean He mentions it at the end.
+adarkerlight Less of a mention and more of a "if we mention it really quick maybe no one will notice we forgot it while making this list."
Scorsese is a genius, but it’s worth noting that the entire shot works so perfectly off the back of Lorraine Bracco’s performance. You could (should) well argue that that’s also Scorsese’s direction, but the reason for me that the scene works so well is because I’m so swept up in her state of mind. I get so drunk on the impressiveness of Ray Liota’s character in that sequence, because the whole motion is a play on her whirlwind experience. The scene as it plays out once they’ve landed at their table (the cautiousness of Bracco, the hesitancy of Liota to reveal his true status) is some of the most incredible acting I’ve ever seen. It’s entirely slight, and full of nuance. Never playing to the camera for award, just so unbelievably solidified in a small, awkward, but wholeheartedly truthful moment of curiosity, nervousness and excitement. True brilliance on film. Rarely seen, and well worth remembering. Thank you for the video!
They left out the Number One long take, which was the entire film "Russian Ark". One shot that lasted over 60 minutes, filmed with a cast of thousands in the Hermitage in St. Petersburg, Russia, it's one of the most glorious films ever. The camera moves through the galleries of the Hermitage and encounters costumed characters that represent
Russian history. Big error on the part of this Cinefix "historian". Also, Russian Ark came out in 2003, so it's not ancient and is very famous.
They left it out of the list but mentioned it.
Should have watched till 8:09
what about birdman?
T.E.Y.M The Epic Yorkshire Man Birdman cheated by having multiple takes stitched together.
MatheusBond So did Gravity. And Birdman wasn't out when this list was released.
Antonioni, Nicholson, final scene, The Passenger. I never forgot it. Slow, languid, hypnotic.
This leaves out the greatest of all!
The continuous shot of the front entrance of the hotel all the way to the Eyes of the twitching man in "Young and Innocent" is probably the greatest one-shot in cinema history
The foot massage scene in Pulp Fiction? Fucking brilliant
Derek Kudjer tarinitinos long takes are so subtle, you literally dont even know notice.
***** If you're talking about the scene in House of Blue Leaves right before all the carnage happens, absolutely!
+Carl Wonders That's not THAT long of a take, and it's just a person walking, not too much incorporated into the shot.
+PassiveMenis And he is in my opinion second to Spielberg when it comes to subtle long takes.
The german movie Victoria is one take the whole movie.
Philippe Schaub and also a Real one Shot. So The Camera was really Filming 2 Hours without a cut or any break
Oh yeeees! What a gem.
I agree and love this movie, but it came about 2 years after this video.
Yeah that was pretty impressively done. Shame that the movie itself sucks though:/
I actually enjoyed the movie. Sure, the first half is way better and the movie is everything else but perfect and I also understand when people don't like the movie but for me it was a cool cinema experience. I had no expectations and didn't even now a single thing about the plot when I took my seet. The only thing I knew was the fact that it is a one-shot-movie and that it has subtitles and the rating on moviepilot was high. :'D
Glad The Player was included for that opening, but was more than a little shocked that Rope didn't even get a mention, seeing as the entire film was shot as a series of long 10 minute takes, with some of the most difficult and fluid camera movements ever filmed. Would have thought that the wacky cam chase scene from Raising Arizona deserved a shout out as well.
Man if we were counting TV Series, that hallway fight scene from Daredevil is freaking amazing. Also, I thought Tarkosvsky's water-dream was absolutely incredible in Stalker. I know you already included Tarkosvsky but that scene was worth a mention in my opinion.
The shot from Gravity was definitely cheated, 85% of that entire movie was semi-cgi
The tracking shot of Kirk Douglas walking through the French trenches during the artillery barrage prior to the ill-advised WW I attack on the German held Anthill.
Paths of glory did a good job with that long take
gravity kinda cheated because they animated nearly everything apart from the actors faces so when you they could basically do the whole film like this easily because they just have to add the actors face and let the animation team do the rest
i agree
Uh no. They were still acting in their space suits flying around, albeit on strings in front of a green screen
noneednow Insulting a square image. How ingenious! You must make mommy very proud.
noneednow Congrats
all good :)
The funeral scene from “I am Cuba“. Definitely
and the tower party scene
I love that film. It’s so underrated, but the opening party on the tower scene was beautiful
You're forgot to include the longest shot: ENTIRE movie "Russian Ark", 1 HOUR and 39 MINUTES long!
Vladimir Yudin and it’s not only that. The camera moves in and out of dozens of rooms in the Hermitage museum in St. Petersburg the whole film, with every scene set in a different epoch of Russian history. I mean you can’t do a list about long shots and not put it on top. And these guys don’t even put it in the list for fuck’s sake
He literally mentions it at the end of the video...
muserock2367 mentioned but it doesn’t make the list, which reflects even worse on these guys as they have consciously excluded the greatest long shot ever by any measure from their list, which incidentally is very poor
Seriously! No Russian Ark!?! The whole movie is one take.
I literally just learned about that yesterday from my film prof.
hitchcock's rope as well ( although it cheated the illusion with zoom ins etc... ) still effectively 1 long shot as movie.
Why the car scene and not the massive battle a bit later in Children of Men? Yes, there's a couple of clear cuts (blood splats), but it's really meant to be swallowed whole.
That battle scene is also incredible, but the car scene blew my mind first time!
Both scenes are great, but the car scene is according to me the better one. The whole movie is great, a shame that so few even know it exists.
Trivia: The blood splatter in the car scene wasn't meant to happen and the camera man wanted to stop filming, but thankfully someone said no. Good call.
I prefer the battle scene too
The battle scene in 'Children Of Men' is at least 2 takes "sewn" together.
I agree, I felt way more involved in that scene, watching an entire neighbourhood transform into a nightmarish war zone.
What about the end of "Children of men?" That was absolutely unbelievable. All the bullets and explosions and actors moving around..looked danagerous, so immersive!
I love how the video about long takes is one of your shortest videos haha.
The Revenant should be in an updated list, surely!
The opening of Serenity is a massive long take.. and I love it
Aw get Gravity out of here. I didn't feel like I was in that world. I was thinking "why the fuck did they hire George Clooney and Sandra Bullock to play astronauts? I'm already taken out of the movie!".
kingv911 shut up.
Dr. Olympus ok doctor. Now go back to watching horribly overrated movies.
kingv911 you have no taste in cinema
Dr. Olympus Nothing says cinema greatness like George Clooney and Sandra Bullock as astronauts. Everything about the movie sucked.
kingv911 even the incredible vfx? yeah no...
and by "overrated" you imply that the movie didn't deserve praise. which it did.
Oldboy fight scene (the original). Its.... just amazing
This isn't a classic, but the most recent example that impressed me. The last episode of Cobra Kai. The school fight scene. 90 seconds, dozens of actors switching out with dozens of stunt doubles in a massive brawl. Well done.
Pulp Fiction, hallway before getting the briefcase.
Sage Status or butch going back to his apartment. The stillness of that camera going thru the fence baffles the hell out of me- more and more with each re-watch
@@Bubmet yes! So glad someone else feels the same about that scene. I keep telling people how great that scene is shot where the camera is following butch and I always wondered how the camera got through that fence haha
How about the 17-minute conversation from "Hunger"?
+Gabriel Tiller That's more a testament to the incredible acting and writing. The camera doesn't move at all. It's definitely a ballsy shot to do but it's so simple that it doesn't really require any skill, per se. More so just a willingness to take a chance on a shot.
+John Heaney Agreed.
***** If you're suggesting that the cinematography in Carol is weak, I may have to produce a strongly-worded rebuttal.
***** Why am I wrong? I didn't say that Steve McQueen has no talent, I just stated a fact, which is that it doesn't require talent to film a static shot for 17 minutes. It's a great scene and a great shot, but anyone can do it. The thing that makes McQueen a great director is knowing that and doing it anyway, which is why it's ballsy.
***** Nah.
What about the Old Boy (Oldeuboi (original title)) hallway fight scene?
"Come And See"- the village massacre scene, there's a very long continuous disturbing take that sweeps up the viewer in it's horror's.
You forgot he penultimate shot of Michelangelo Antonioni’s The Passenger (1975), a seamless tracking movement lasting more than six minutes, is one of the wonders of world cinema.
I still don't know how he did that.
I love several of these, but including the Snake Eyes scene was clutch. Terrific opening.
before sunrise, before sunset, before midnight....any one of those could have made it.
victoria, german movie from 2015, is one only shot, and a very good one
"I'm a Lonesome Polecat" scene from Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. Not only a long take, but a single one. They had to get it right first time: no do-overs. Rehearsal, then shot. Perfectly choreographed, synchronised and executed dance in the snow whilst cutting wood.
Yes, I will sat "Russian Ark". I mean - how can you beat this. In a way the movie is in its own category...
+PUMPA DOUR exactly, the "Russian Ark" stands apart from any other effort because it's the only true one take film ever made. If you listen carefully, at the end of this video they give it a special mention
+Culprit LA Victoria is a more recent movie that was also done in one take completelyThey shot the movie three times and succeeded at the fourth
Oldboy hammer corridor fight scene
The Children of Men scene is my favourite movie scene full stop, let alone long take. I was absolutely gobsmacked
i loved it, but it also pissed me off bcus its like, ure getting shot at, ure not even gonna try to duck down behind the dashboard?
The duel of the knife and the gun in The Untouchables
Not film, but the 8 minute long shot in True Detective (season 1) was incredible, that and Goodfellas are my 2 favourites
Can't figure out why they didn't include Russian Ark but, even worse, the guy mentions it under his breath at the end of the video, as though they're saying, "Yeah, we know all about it, but we thought a movie with Nicholas Cage was better."
The ball scene in Russian Ark. The funeral scene, party scene and canal scene in Soy Cuba. The Agnes Moorhead long-shot (actually two takes spliced together) in Citizen Kane. So many great examples.
Birdman, but it hadn't come out yet.
Smog Por Doquier and not a true long take
Is not a long take it’s just edited beautifully to look like that
@@ehsbe1056
The movie is made with multiple long takes.
They rehearsed intensly to get the timing right for when people came in and out of frame.
And those long shots where carefully staged so they could be edited like one continuous shot. (If you don't count the shots that flash by within a few seconds near the end)
Each take in Birdman was longer than most on this list, so yeah it definitely counts.
One of the more overlooked long takes is in 12 angry men, It fantastically introduces all the characters seemlesly
Come on, Russian Ark is a 96 minute movie that is one long take. That shouldn't be a joke, that's insanely impressive!
How was "Pride and Prejudice"s opening scene not in this it's beautiful
I like the last long take in Children of Men even more. It's so utterly devestating, and perfectly executed.
Totally agree with the Children of Men sequence ;)
and Julianne Moore is the sexiest actress out there.
The Epic Couch Potato Megan Fox is sexy as hell but she doesnt have the Moores class!
The Epic Couch Potato
She is overrated as shit.
You're all wrong...
Helen Mirren.
The Epic Couch Potato Totally! Im 25 btw. but who cares shes so classy and elegant and cute!
Also the last long shot in Children of Men should've put it there.
Soy Cuba! the granddaddy of long takes!
My favourite long takes are 1, the scene where the oil rig catches fire in there will be blood and 2, the scene where the young man is thrown out the window in three billboards outside ebbing Missouri. The latter was absolutely breathtaking
Best Long Take I've seen was Birdman, nearly the entire film is one long take, it's shot like a play.
yeah, if they were going to use films that cheated anyways, they should have used Birdman. It wasn't actually shot like a play though, it was plenty of smaller takes stitched together.
I was waiting on that or the scene from Kill Bill.
Dreadnaught1985 Rope?
Birdman was three long takes. CineFix actually addresses this in a future video. I was appalled as well that it didn't make the list until I saw the upload date.
Birdman got at least 20 long takes
Dreadnaught1985 they cut every time they went through a doorway or a dark area and everyone once in a while they'd move the camera very close to a characters back and cut