Gravity and the Long Take

February 10, 2014, 05:44 AM

http://www.stevenbenedict.ie/2014/02/gravity/

When The Bourne Ultimatum won the Oscar for Best Editing in 2007, it became the film was the most rapid cutting ever to receive the award in the history of the Academy (its average shot length was 2.1 seconds). By contrast, the winner of the Palme d’Or at Cannes that same year, 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days had an average shot length of 90 seconds. The first film is an intense and relentlessly paced action picture while the second is an intense and carefully paced drama, which might suggest tha...

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