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Top 10 Movies Told In Real Time


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told in real time before we begin we
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this list we’ll be looking at films
whose durations all span the same amount
of time that lapses on screen so if the
movie is 2 hours long 2 hours of action
occur between the start and the finish
without jumps between hours or days yeah
you’re man you can go back to work
number 10 lock
sent in a BMW over the course of a
two-hour drive between Birmingham and
London this film follows Ivan Locke as
he takes and makes a series of phone
calls that have the potential to destroy
the life he’s built for himself
it’s the million Dickerman to a man who
was in the debt anchored by a stellar
Tom Hardy performance the movie sees the
title character discovered that a
colleague he slept with went into
premature labor the night before the
biggest day of his career so he travels
to be with her instead of his family at
home and because the baby was caused by
me that is my decision I have made it’s
not an easy feat to pull off and even
though the film consists entirely of a
driving man speaking on the telephone
many critics deemed blocked to be the
most suspenseful movie of the year I’ll
explain when I’m not driving and when
I’m with you and Eddie together you know
number nine United 93 in subpoena
hijacked shot documentary style to
heighten the reality of the tragic
events this pic chronicles the hijacking
of United Airlines flight 93 before it
was crashed into a field killing
everyone on board
playing out in real time from the moment
the plane takes off the movie alternates
between the heroic passengers who
overtook the terrorists and air traffic
controllers attempting to make sense of
the chaotic situation I’m getting no
response out of a united 93 no response
at all director Paul Greengrass had the
daunting task of producing the first
Hollywood film about the attacks and he
was praised for his ability to tell the
story with dignity dedicated to the
memory of those lost on 9/11 several
family members of those who died on the
plane even attended the movies New York
premiere we have to go school they are
not going to land this plane number
eight
clear from 5:00 to 7:00 to delay a comic
book on discontent heavily influenced by
themes of existentialism and feminism
that were prominent in 1960s France
clear from five to seven begins with a
singer awaiting the results of a medical
exam that may reveal a cancer diagnosis
Duke she would be quite a five-pin
captain Massey and every demotion cut
into small chapters that only lasts a
few minutes to emphasize its time
structure the stretch of the waiting
period causes the viewer to examine
mortality and death the Algerian war and
making the most of one’s life especially
as a female in society is well Zulu Hajj
is a saucer disagreement no city no
matter the movie a unique take on the
real time format it’s a classic of the
French New Wave movement and one of the
most famous films by director and yes
Val de Jing tomorrow
it’ll heap number 7 high noon a long way
before any time as its poster tagline
reads this four-time Academy
award-winning Western tells the story of
a man who was too proud to run well
Caine is a newly retired marshal of New
Mexico Territory who has plans to settle
down and live a quiet existence that is
until he learns that an outlaw he’s sent
to jail is due to arrive by train at
noon and that he’ll be seeking revenge
this is crazy I haven’t even got any gun
Linux go on hurry thus begins the
exhilarating countdown leaving Caine
only two hours to decide whether to flee
or stick around to find out who his real
friends are with an unforgettable final
duel this movie’s real time format makes
the suspense level rise with each
passing minute
go on home be a good herb number 6
Russian arc
to business filmed in one continuous
take through the corridors and galleries
of the Winter Palace of the Russian
state Hermitage Museum this film fest
favorite isn’t merely a technical
achievement but also a philosophical
meditation on Russian history
a ghost serves as narrator inviting the
Steadicam to drift through the museum
and witness three centuries of st.
petersburg’s past
[Music]
due to the highly meticulous nature of
the production which employed over 2,000
actors and three orchestras he took
Alexander Sokolov and his team for
attempts to capture the film in one shot
the final time they had only preserved
enough battery for one more take no
number five Victoria a night out
clubbing takes a turn for the worse from
Victoria a Spanish emigres living in
Berlin gets caught up in a plot to rob a
bank set within the morning hours
between 4:30 and 7:30 a.m. this
high-intensity real time drama also
unfolds as one uninterrupted shot
receiving heaps of critical acclaim for
managing to cover so much ground going
from a nightclub to a cafe to a parking
garage to a bank in a single take with
only a 12 page script director sebastian
schipper promised to compose a jump cut
version of the film as Plan B if he
couldn’t achieve the extended take and
the film is all the more immersive for
it number 4 Run Lola Run bahu nut house
market so far yes this fast-paced German
thriller is noted for its innovation
because it presents the audience with
three potential outcomes based on three
different dashes the basic premise
follows a German woman who must somehow
obtain and deliver a large sum of money
to her boyfriend a small-time criminal
or else he’ll be killed but as the three
runs individually unfold the filmmakers
show us that even the smallest obstacles
like tripping over or leaping over a dog
can make a world of difference
the race against the clock was nominated
for over 40 awards but unfortunately
couldn’t rush its way to the Academy
Awards foreign-language film category
number 3 12 Angry Men you’re faced with
a grave responsibility thank you
gentlemen
based on a teleplay 12 Angry Men grants
the audience a fly-on-the-wall
perspective of a 12-person jury as its
members struggled to come to a unanimous
decision deep-seated themes of morality
and reason come into play minute after
minute as the dozen must decide whether
an 18 year old boy is guilty of
murdering his father unable to leave the
room without a consensus nominated for
Best Picture adapted screenplay and
director at the Oscars it’s one room
setting and tight script also set the
stage for several knockout performances
by its leads including Henry Fonda who
greatly affects the real-time events as
they unfold no jury can declare a man
guilty unless it sure it was the
first-ever film by sending lament who
would later return to the real-time
technique with both failsafe and Dog Day
Afternoon you’d like to kill me
but you would number two before sunset
can never replace anyone because
everyone is made of such a beautiful
specific details a sequel to Richard
Linklater’s before sunrise this movie
picks up nine years after Jesse and
Celine spent a romantic night together
in Vienna having vowed to cross paths in
the future they unexpectedly stumble
across one another in a Parisian
bookstore at a reading for the book
Jesse wrote about their first encounter
hello the reunited couple spends the
remainder of the day discussing the way
their lives have unraveled while
meandering about Paris in real time a
feat which cinematographer Lee Daniels
said was a major challenge when it came
to matching the colour of the skies from
scene to scene the fact that nearly a
decade elapsed since the first film adds
an authenticity to their feelings about
relationships and aging he’s totally
depressed
I mean his great dream was to be a lover
an adventurer before we unveil our top
pick here are a few honorable mentions
[Applause]
I probably will faint tonight just as
you did I do just to say thank you
myself
we can’t be direct so we end up saying
the weirdest things I can’t let go like
a shot of whiskey first thing in the
morning no it’s good for about 10
minutes and then I want my coffee
number one rope the power to kill and be
just as satisfying as the power to
create films in just 10 extended takes
rope follows two young men who strangled
their former classmate to death and hide
his body in a wooden chest before trying
to subtly conceal their crime during a
dinner party an Alfred Hitchcock classic
it was the second of the directors
limited setting pictures after lifeboat
but rope received considerably more
attention not only because it was
Hitchcock’s first Technicolor film but
also due to the novelty of it appearing
to consist solely of one long shot only
a piece of rope fill up an ordinary
household article why hide it although
it wasn’t tremendously well received
upon release today it remains a marvel
to watch it’s real time format rendering
at one of the tensest works in the
master of suspense is entire canon of
work nobody commits a murder just for
the experiment of committing it nobody
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