The Spielbergian Quality Of Last Of The Summer Wine

Watch this video from Every Frame A Painting, talking about Spielberg’s invisible one shots, then we’ll talk after.

I miss Tony.

Now watch this innocuous scene from an episode of Last Of The Summer Wine.

As I say in that tweet, it’s remarkable in that Alan JW Bell was shooting these setups constantly in a TV sitcom. Watch any episode at random, and you’ll see at least one, if not many, examples.

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