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Geekweek's Top 20 Greatest Extended Takes Ever In Cinema History

I won't spoil it, but I will suggest you click this link to see Geekweek's full list. And you know what? I agree with pretty much every single one of them. Funny how I didn't even register a few of these scenes as extended takes or tracking shots until seeing them out of context just now. Also, I've never seen Hungarian film "The Werckmeister Harmonies" before (number 13 on the list), but the shot from that film is just plain nutty.

This scene, from Thai martial arts film "The Protector" (number five on the list), took five takes and over a month to shoot:
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Just. Plain. Bonkers.

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