The 4 minute single take in ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD 

Even after seeing thousands of films, there are still moments like these that genuinely surprise me. Thanks for the great catch and explanation.

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I keep coming back to this video. I'm surprised this hasn't blown up.

Good video. I wish you were still making them.

I actually didn't pay attention to that, but I did assume Tarantino had put some in the film. Since he's done it so seamlessly in the past. But just because I missed it doesn't mean I don't appreciate it. I was just so immersed when I watched the film.

That's the style specialized by Steven Spielberg.

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Thanks for the break down.

Birdman has several long single shots as well, some longer than this one!

Did you notice it was a single take? Be honest. :-)

Tarantino is so great. This scene pays homage to several films. When Bruce Lee ask, “what’s so funny?” It harkens back to lines from Joe Pesci in Goodfellas asking “How am I funny?” When Bruce’s friend warns him that “that guy is famous” it is straight out of the scene from Unforgiven when we are first introduced to English Bob.

Yeah I did notice. :)

I honestly felt this movie had a lot of these long takes but my memory could be lying to me because it’s been a while since I’ve seen it.

Tarantino is clearly a Scorsese fan. These scene is great on multiple levels, including Cliff letting Bruce suggest the "friendly competition", he also let's Bruce have the first one and tricked him into doing the same move a second time. Bruce Lee never participated in tournaments beyond exhibition. He was there to sell his books and promote his movies, but engaging in the sport means he could lose and that wouldn't do well for the jkd bullshit he was peddling.

Seems like a great film. This insightful analysis is waisted on a simple soul like me. I like a movie or I don't. Some movies I like some parts of. "Single scene" or "57 cuts" does not mean anything then - unless they screw up details like position, movements, what props used and sound. Wrong guns, wrong engine sounds and wrong facts are my pet peeves since childhood. Filming the bass player when the guitarist is soloing, etc. Vin Diesel wheelstanding a 69-70 Dodge Charger with a stone face - while the car shows no chassie torque nor squatting. Sylvester Stallone ripping through the town of Hope on a XT250 with the laid on sound of a DT250. Thirtyseven gear changes or double digit shoots from a percussion revolver.

NOT BAD KATO 😂

But why do you think he used a single take? What was his purpose? As you can see he switches to shorter cuts right after the action begins. What did he gain by skipping the simple shot reverse shot structure?

But the last take, when Cliff takes Bruce's Body still being part of the one single take? BTW thanks for this excellent content!

There were several cuts.

Like Tarantino. Did not like this movie. Can't stomach the cult of Bruce Lee (can't say I flat out hate Bruce Lee, but anything about him outside of The Green Hornet makes my mind go numb out of a total lack of interest). I loved this scene. The car throw was awesome. Isolated, the extras chatting behind Booth are really funny to watch. Aside from the Bounty Law scenes this was the best of the movie. Good performances suspended in underwhelming fluff.

This wasn’t planned the way you explained it, he just filmed it that simple filming

It’s not one take.🤷

This was not a memorable scene in the movie

This was one of the worst movies ever!! Keeping you on your toes?? Nothing in this movie keeps you on your toes.

To be honest, this scene is really rude to the Chinese people, although I know this didn't really happened in the history.

I hated Pulp Fiction every second, I don't know why people like it... Can you find out the reason M

This was a terrible scene in movie , not memorable at all.