From the moment Rust Cohle grabs the hostage, the camera never cuts away until they get in the car.
I just wanted to clarify that the original video was very smooth, and that certain points where it might appear “jumpy” was caused by Youtube conversion. This scene was indeed done in a single take, as can be confirmed in the article below, by the creators of the show. Several edit points were built in but weren’t needed in the end.
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The directing was so good I was so into the scene I didn't notice it was a 6 minute One shot take a few days after
There are a couple of sneaky edits in this scene (the pan to the helicopter is a cut, the sped up footage when Rust picks up the phone, and another cut when they sneak through the clothes lines) but it's still one of the greatest scenes ever shot.
There was a cut at 2:54 but still this scene is epic
90 seconds motherfucker!!
GET TO THE CAPRICE CLASSIC!!!!!!!!
There are cuts.. examples: 1:22 cut, 2:32 cut, great scene though
OK, so for you old cats and old meaning 40 and older in no particular order, greatest scenes in TV show history:
Fade to black Sopranos, MASH final helicopter scene, Miami Vice Phil Collins in the Air Tonight, JR Ewing being shot, Archie Bunker when he finally cries because Edith is dead, final Newhart scene, GOT Eddard Stark death, Hill Street Blues shooting, Cheers final closing, this scene! Sure I may have left a couple out, but to show you how great this scene is, it's certainly up there with that greatest of all time!
Why was he hitting his own partners/team?
I literally held my breath through this whole scene. When it was done I was speechless. Wow.
This is the best one take shots I've ever seen in my life, props to the director, writers, actors, the whole crew
Now this is called as action sequence man…..whoooo
why did he punch the other cops was it cuz he was mad at them for shooting
Now this is quality filming right here.
I wish more shows and films were like this rather than that generic recycled crap that modern cinema has turned into.
Yeah, no, there are numerous cuts
this series too good such a shame it was only one season
HBO tv shows always deliver!
As impressive as this is, this isn't one continuous take. There's a matching cut at 2.54. I think they've used a digital pan like in Serenity, I'm not sure why though. I suppose requiring a chopper to do an in frame fly over like that would be extremely difficult and potentially dangerous. The magic of cinema.
I believe they hide a cut while they show the helicopter at 2:50
Mccauneheys (I know that's wrong) acting is off the charts in this scene. All body language. Love when he is stalling the standoff for as long as he can, after he tosses ginger out the door and Tiger gets shot he lets out this sort of frustrated growl, so good. Everything reads so much better between him and Harrelson, "90 SECONDS MOTHERFUCKER!"
there is a 2 or 3 cuts inbetween when the camera panning