is this cinema's most overused gimmick?

Start your free month of great cinema now at https://mubi.com/likestoriesofold A video about Netflix’ Adolescence, and about 50 other examples of long takes in movies and TV shows; why do there seem to be so many “oners” now? Are they an achievement of prestigious filmmaking, or just a distracting gimmick? 0:00 1 Hour, 1 Shot 0:40 A Frustration: Why the Long Take? 4:07 Becoming Part of the Story 5:53 Emotional Mirrors 7:00 The Tension of Time 8:17 The Tension of Struggle 10:00 Dictating Flow and Pace 11:49 Creating Atmosphere 13:11 Cinematic Grandeur 14:30 Invoking Poetry 15:58 When is it Too Much? 16:31 So... About Adolescence 18:14 What I Still Can't Figure Out 20:30 Going Beyond -- SUPPORT MY WORK -- Nebula: https://nebula.tv/lsoo Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LikeStoriesofOld Leave a One-Time Donation: https://www.paypal.me/TomvanderLinden -- FOLLOW ME -- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LikeStoriesofOld Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tom.vd.linden Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/tomvanderlinden.bsky.social -- CONTACT -- Business inquiries: [email protected] Say hi: [email protected] Music licensed through Musicbed. Take your films to the next level with music from Musicbed. Sign up for a free account to listen for yourself: https://fm.pxf.io/c/3532571/1347628/16252 Additional Music: Bunker Buster - Mouse Hunter Corelli - 12 Concerti Grossi, Op. 6