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Alan Bacchus at Daily Film Dose offers us a list of great long tracking shots in cinema (with clips)<\/a>! Because there are 10 bazillion commenters, he’s supplemented the post since it first went up two weeks ago. There are some great ones, so if you like the long tracking shot — I’ve been a sucker for them since I saw The Player<\/em> when I was in college — check it out.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, this Kylie video doesn’t exactly qualify, but it is ingenious:<\/p>\n

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Alan Bacchus at Daily Film Dose offers us a list of great long tracking shots in cinema (with clips)! Because there are 10 bazillion commenters, he’s supplemented the post since it first went up two weeks ago. There are some great ones, so if you like the long tracking shot — I’ve been a sucker … <\/p>\n

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