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Title: The Longest Take
Review: Angelopoulos is admittedly married to the long, single take. This will put off most viewers conditioned by the fast cutting of popular Western cinema. Hey, I like a lot of popular Western cinema, and I like Angelopoulos, as well. A time and a place for everything. His weaving of the past and the present is a beautiful thing to behold if one is able to allow the time and space to let it work its way in. Since this film is the antithesis of an action film, and intentionally akin to a long poem, it will have a limited audience. But do take the plunge if you have an appreciation of the ethereal, of film pacing from another era, and of just quiet beauty itself.
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