By using long takes and few cuts in his films, he aimed to give the viewers a sense of time passing, time lost, and the relationship of one moment in time to another.
baɪ jˈuːzɪŋ lˈɔŋ tˈeɪks ænd fjˈuː kˈʌts ɪn hɪz fˈɪlmz, hiː ˈeɪmd tə ɡˈɪv ðə vjˈuːɚz ɐ sˈɛns ʌv tˈaɪm pˈæsɪŋ, tˈaɪm lˈɔst, ænd ðə ɹᵻlˈeɪʃənʃˌɪp ʌv wˈʌn mˈoʊmənt ɪn tˈaɪm tʊ ɐnˈʌðɚ.