Atonement

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nitrah55 · #1 Post by **nitrah55** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 10:12 am

Saw it over the weekend.

Not your average chick flick, a great example of creative story-telling.

And there's the 5-and-a-half minute tracking shot, involving a thousand extras.

Trying to see all 5 Best Picture nominees before the Oscars. Right now, Atonement beats There Will Be Blood, and I haven't seen the other three. Yet.

PlacentiaSoccerMom · #2 Post by **PlacentiaSoccerMom** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 10:14 am

It was a really good book and I would like to see the movie.

peacock2121 · #3 Post by **peacock2121** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 11:03 am

Amy and Steve saw it last week and still can't stop talking about it.

I loved Juno.

ne1410s · #4 Post by **ne1410s** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 12:06 pm

And there's the 5-and-a-half minute tracking shot, involving a thousand extras.

Anyone have an idea how long the shot in Gone With The Wind was? The one with all the wounded soldiers? What a great moment in film making.

Ritterskoop · #5 Post by **Ritterskoop** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 2:14 pm

ne1410s wrote:
And there's the 5-and-a-half minute tracking shot, involving a thousand extras.
Anyone have an idea how long the shot in Gone With The Wind was? The one with all the wounded soldiers? What a great moment in film making.

I'm checking imdb trivia, and they say Hattie McDaniel was unable to attend the Atlanta premier (it was the nationwide opener) because the theater was segregated.

In the shot with 1600 wounded soldiers, 800 are extras and 800 are dummies. I can't find the length of the tracking shot in that film - all the references right now are to the 5 1/2-minute Dunkirk shot in Atonement, which may be homage to GWTW. Someone with the movie will have to time it for us.

ne1410s · #6 Post by **ne1410s** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 5:20 pm

In the shot with 1600 wounded soldiers, 800 are extras and 800 are dummies.

I remember reading/hearing that wires were attached to some of the dummies arms to make them appear to seek help. Didn't care for the movie but I was impressed by that scene.