The Player opening scene

This clip makes no bones about where it's influences are drawn from. The 8 minute, single shot, opening scene from the 1992 Robert Altman film The Player

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Film & Animation

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• Robert
• Altman
• The
• Player
• Tim
• Robbins

[jpsartreny]

The camera movement is pedestrian when compared the last scene in Antonioni's the passenger.

[EclecticGlue]

I agree that the the last scene of The Pasenger is incredible but to describe the movement in this scene as "pedestrian" is a bit harsh.

[morgantown1]

@EclecticGlue Thank you for this. I love how Fred Ward keeps referencing Hitchcocks tracking shots. A truly great scene. I keep hearing about The Passenger shot but still have not seen the film. Other great long takes that immediately come to mind are the Goodfellas club scene and the Raging Bull fight entrance as well as the Boogie Nights club scene and the Magnolia studio entrance. Obviously, PT Anderson has seen a Scorsese movie or two...thanks again guy

[EclecticGlue]

@morgantown1 Yeah, the final shot of THE PASSENGER is great, as are the other scenes you've mentioned. The ultimate example has to be Russian Arc of course..... 90-odd minutes long......

[Abulafia1111]

that's a cut in 3:42....

wow is so obvious

it's a movie about the power of hollywood and the HOLLYWOOD make us believe that there are no cuts...

Amazing power....

[EclecticGlue]

It's not a cut. The camera wobbles slightly but the shadows of the people assising the fallen person move without jarring. That proves there's no cut.

[kingcaesar5]

this is porn for cinephiles.

[PeasLoveHarmony]

@jpsartreny Antonioni is a cunt.

[guzmanbatista67]

The best movement camera i have seen in my life on movie. Better than TOUCH EVIL openning.

[guzmanbatista67]

ALTMAN, THE MASTER!

[sexyber64]

@jpsartreny they are complete different things......... different concept, everything, dont be a dick...

[Econniff]

I love how self aware this shot is, filled with Hitchcock references, Welles references, at least four different characters talking about long tracking shots. So awesome

[laprop]

@PleaseExcuseUs Small world! we actually are in the same class, I had to check your page to confirm it. I'll see you 2morrow for the quiz! haha.

[PleaseExcuseUs]

@laprop we must be in the same film 200 class at BRCC.... are we????

[laprop]

Thx for this upload. I'm going to be quizzed on this in Film 200.

[Modem64k]

@kingcaesar5 yeah. this is real porn. the movie teach us to be like main character: slippery, barefaced, evil. ok ull ask me "it is real live" ill ask u "i wanna watch movie to relax, to feel smth positive" this movie is absolute negative. its everywhere. this is the most negative movie ive ever seen.

[myrtlebox]

God what a downer. I was just getting ready to make popcorn ;-(

Love this movie