Single-Take Films: The Incredible Effects of the One Consecutive Shot

Why would filmmakers go through the excruciating trouble and pain of creating their films without a single cut - any mistake being detrimental - every shoot non-stop?

Why put yourself through all that pain? Why put your actors through all that pain? Why put the actual person carrying a camera for 90 minutes through all that pain? Why?

Can single-take films do things regular films can't?

Our answer is a resounding yes!

Listen in as we talk you through the ludicrously small selection of single-take films, including the "fakes", and look at just what each of them manages to achieve.

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Rope: 8:33

Macbeth: 18:21

Russian Ark: 28:24

Birdman & Gaspar Noe: 38:49

Victoria: 44.40

Utøya 22. juli: 49:41

1917: 58:41

The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open: 1:09:54