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Still (1971)

Still poster
Directed by
Ernie Gehr
Country
United States of America
Runtime
55 min
Rating
4.0 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

The film is a series of double-exposed long takes of a city street filmed from one spot at different times of day. It captures how the same place changes and stays the same over time.

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What happens

Still is a 1971 American experimental film by Ernie Gehr. It consists of several long takes of a city street, presented as double exposures taken from the same location at different times of day. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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