Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by jpvanson (A) on April 24, 2005 at 12:44:26

In Reply to: Re: longest tracking shot ever? posted by Misael on April 24, 2005 at 07:54:24:

Joseph,

I thought so at first, as well, remembering this film from a History Channel 'Movies in Time' session where they mentioned the scene at Oistreaum (sp?) as being one of the longest continuous shots in film. So, I just pulled out my 'The Longest Day' DVD and timed it out at only a minute 30. Still, being a war movie, this was an awfully long shot considering.

Still, 'The Longest Day' is one of the last great war movies, IMO, from a time before war films degraded to a competition between directors over how much blood and how many severed limbs they could fit in.

- JP