The long take, an uncut, uninterrupted shot in film, is
seen by some as the counter to CGI, the last great field for cinematic art. The linked page features six clips from 1990 on, plus
the opening shot from Orson Welles' 1958 film,
Touch of Evil. Alfred Hitchcock's film from a decade earlier,
Rope, took the long cut further, with the whole film shot in eight takes of up to 10 minutes each,
a decision shaped by the limit of the physical recording media. With digital media, the long take could be pushed further, as with
Russian Ark, from 2002. The movie was shot in one long take, with the narrative working through the history of Russia,
set within The State Hermitage Museum, and captured in one day on the 4th take. If the long takes are a tad long for you, try the "short" long takes that are
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posted by filthy light thief
on Dec 28, 2010 -
74 comments
Mr. Bungle Monday!!! In their 15-year career, the band only made one music video and it was banned by MTV for being ... well, generally deranged.
Quote Unquote was originally called
Travolta but Warner Bros. pressured them into changing the title.
Luckily, their 3rd and final album left enough of a lasting impression to warrant fanmade videos. Thus, we now have:
a)YT user tkan's Chris Cunningham-inspired
Retrovertigo & the Hitchcock-esque
Pink Cigarette clips;
b)YT user Illusionoel's
Goodbye Sober Day, which reworks footage from Baraka; and
c)
Vertigo, a beautiful medley of the album itself, California, performed by a highschool drumline
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posted by mannequito
on Sep 27, 2010 -
28 comments
The
music video for Modest Mouse's new track King Rat was released today. Interestingly, it was directed by
Heath Ledger two years ago, and released posthumously. Apparently, there's another one
coming up. It has
described as looking "like exactly the kind of thing that someone might come up with after spending a couple of months rocking
Joker makeup and pretending to
mutilate people."
The video contains a little cartoon goriness, so be warned.
posted by azarbayejani
on Aug 4, 2009 -
20 comments
(
Follow-upFilter) It's rare that jazz videos venture beyond filming live performances. This makes the exceptions all the more notable.
Animation seems the medium of choice: from George Griffin's 1988 paper collage for Charlie Parker's "
Ko Ko" to Len Lye's swinging
The Lambeth Walk (1939), or (stretching musical definitions just a bit) his 1958 masterpiece "
Free Radicals". More recent jazz seems to fit just as well: witness Lung's psychotic piece for Ladyscraper's "
Thou Art Fucking Dead".
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posted by progosk
on Jul 14, 2008 -
11 comments
100 Awesome Music Videos Note: not THE 100 MOST Awesome, just 100 awesome music videos. Some you'll know, some you may not, many you'll disagree with, just keep in mind, no one claimed this was a definitive list.
posted by jonson
on Jun 20, 2006 -
65 comments
