The film ends with an almost unendurably
long tracking shot from the back of a car, looking back impassively at the three - mile stretch of road where Byrd was dragged to his death.
It's
a long tracking shot from behind Luke's back that is partially intended to keep his face a mystery but primarily to display his calm sense of determination — his unfazed concentration on the task ahead of him.
Not exact matches
Long stretches of Under The Skin resemble a hybrid of Stanley Kubrick films, shifting
from the head - trip sensation of 2001's stargate sequence to The Shining's ominous
tracking shots to A Clockwork Orange's depictions of a crumbling United Kingdom fraught with peril.
During these reflective moments, Anderson's use of the
tracking shot takes on a swivel effect, ping - ponging back and forth between actions in elaborate
long takes, departing
from the presence of one character to find the sudden absence of another.
It is truly something to see; for among all the lives to be ruined it is a visual rhapsody, attentive to every nuance in the spectacular land and foliage around the family home, following the lives within as meticulously as it traces the dramatic changes in weather —
from clear day to torrential showers — in one of the
longest, most intricate and beautiful
tracking shots in cinema.
It's the audacity of the film - making, however, that's truly bewitching here: the eerie,
long tracking shots, the dazzling flares
from lighting sources that eclipse the figures, and the spaced - out spookiness of Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurriaans» score, creating an isle full of noises, sounds and sweet airs.
Flash back to
Long Island, where a single
tracking shot carries viewers
from West Egg across the bay, hitting a sail.
The camera follows Lady Diana Spencer of Wales
from behind, keeping a respectful distance in a
long, sinister
tracking shot while an ominous drone oozes
from the soundtrack.
The
long tracking shots of cocaine - fueled parties and cocaine - fueled writers rooms are jam packed with actors portraying everyone
from John Belushi to Paul Shaffer.
The
long tracking shots of cocaine - fueled parties and cocaine - fueled writers rooms are jam packed with actors portraying everyone
from John Belushi to Paul...
So, right
from the first
shot, a
long,
tracking movement across a cold, foggy bay revealing the highly symbolic flashing green light, the film is just what it should be:
long, epically colored, and lavishly flamboyant, without ever getting too carried away.
But it benefits
from a handful of glorious visual moments unlike anything else in sci - fi — the stunning
track - back through the universe at the film's opening, the special effects bonanza that brings matters to a climax and a truly weird and unforgettable through - the - mirror
long shot.
Even the opening
shot, a
long tracking shot that follows Gosling
from above the shoulder as he gets ready to perform a motorcycle cage of death stunt, is gorged with palpable tension.
The scored menu loops small clips
from the dazzling
long tracking shot of Antoine's reformatory escape against a larger, blurry, screen - filling backdrop of the same.
The new version follows neither the original (which played each sequence to it's conclusion then moved to the next) nor the rhythms of standard police procedural intercutting, but instead leave everything slightly off - balance, all of which occurs after the famous opening
shot, a
long track from one border town to another.
Paths Of Glory — One of my favorite, and one of the least misanthropist, of all of Stanley Kubrick's films is this courtroom drama in which Kirk Douglas tries to save three men
from being executed for cowardice in the wake of a disastrous and idiotic offensive during World War I. Kubrick directs in a crisp, deep focus black and white, and his depiction of the battle, a
long tracking shot of the horrors of trench warfare, is one of the most powerful scenes he ever
shot.
Niagara, Mark Bradford, 2005: A powerful media work by Bradford, Niagara is a video recording of a little over three minutes
long, featuring a single
tracking shot of a black man seen
from the back walking down a city sidewalk.