I recently read an article about a new Mexican movie that was shot in one uninterrupted take. It’s not the first movie of its kind. In fact, these one-shot movies are becoming a new genre of cinema made possible by lightweight high-definition digital cameras.
The latest movie in the genre is “Rendez-Vous,” which debuted in theaters and video-on-demand on Feb. 12. The Mexican horror-thriller film follows a couple who meet for the first time through a dating app before things take a dark turn. “Rendez-Vous” has a runtime of 1 hour and 45 minutes.
Last October saw the release of U.S. horror movie “Let’s Scare Julie,” which also was filmed in one continuous take. It has a runtime of 1 hour and 23 minutes.
My favorite in the genre is the German crime film “Victoria” (2015). It clocks in at 2 hours and 18 minutes.
A distinction needs to be made between these true one-take movies and movies that are edited to make it appear they were filmed in one take. The latter includes the Sam Mendes WWI drama “1917” (2019).
True one-shot feature films
Timecode (2000)
Russian Ark (2002)
PVC-1 (2007)
Fish & Cat (2013)
Ana Arabia (2013)
Agadam (2014)
Victoria (2015)
Lost in London (2017)
One Cut of the Dead (2017)
Blind Spot (2018)
Let’s Scare Julie (2020)
Rendez-Vous (2021)
Related reading:
One-shot film (Wikipedia)
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