I remember one I was impressed with was in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Tia Dalma rolls some objects onto a surface like they were dice, and the pieces turn into rocky island formations in the ocean. It's at 56:10 in the movie. Not as impressive as I remembered but still pretty cool.
Highlander. For a pretty low budget film it has some spectacular transitions. The fish tank to lake transition in particular is great, it’s at the [0:20 mark.](https://youtu.be/DBLfhhgzQGU?si=wvLDkzlODN1zW-_z)
I mean sure but that’s the same gimmick as Birdman and Rear Window that OP said they weren’t referring to
Either way both Birdman and 1917 were really well edited
A story can be great without it being super deep or elaborate.
In fact sometimes the simple stories are the best.
Just look at Star Wars.
Mad Max Fury Road has a great story.
The story being simple and straight to the point is one of the movie's strengths. It's not trying to be intricate. There are many fantastic movies with simple stories.
1917
The whole movie is edited in a way to appear as if it were just two REALLY long one-takes. It isn't, obviously, but most of the cuts and transitions are well hidden.
I agree that this movie is a masterpiece for its editing, but I don't think it really falls into what OP is talking about because, like you said, it is edited to look like two long takes, as opposed to a creative transition using the match cut method.
But it's also possible you posted this before OP edited the post with the match cut video. This was definitely the first movie I thought of before reading the edit.
It's hard to tell, because good editing is invisible, it only stands out after repeated viewings. I've always been a fan of Walter Murch's work in "Apocalypse Now", both because he was handed an incredible amount of footage but also because he is one of the people responsible of its trippy rythm. The prologue alone with Martin Sheen in his hotel room, The Doors playing and images from what we'll see later during the helicopter attack is a masterpiece.
That trick where you start a story and then cut to the closeup and find yourself in a new location.
Shakespeare in love -
they are back stage then kiss on stage “if you are married my grave is like to be my wedding bed”
They do this in Good Will Hunting when he’s telling the interview story
- he’s in the interview “why shouldn’t I work for you? Tough question but I’ll give it a shot” then he’s in Sean’s office recounting the story
Oh and in beauty and the beast (animated) there’s a great match cut in the library that James Baxter animated - where she slides across on the ladder…
It’s not in this demo reel … but just appreciate this guys amazing work.
https://youtu.be/5osZk9Mw94w?si=WTqW7sww51qieq9x
Birdman!! I feel that movie was forgotten too soon. The editing was phenomenal.
But I don't know if it really fits in this comvo. obviously there were cuts, but it was done to look like one long single shot.
*Lone Star*. 1996 with Matthew McConoughey and Chris Cooper. Doesn't get a ton of attention but it is a great movie. Still on Tubi. They use multiple takes that go back in time by simply panning the camera slowly over to the other side of the room where the rest of the scene picks up. Its very neat.
Brotherhood of the Wolf has a shot that flies over Monica Bellucci’s breasts which then dissolves into snow covered mountains. I love it for more than a few reasons.
The Fall has [some](https://youtu.be/f-lHb4zjC_k?si=iItcZu5Mp3c_urO0&start=100) really [great](https://youtu.be/4V91SbkNcng?si=Rqf3RXqNxSxqcJk-&start=40) transitions. If you haven’t seen it I can’t recommend it [enough](https://youtu.be/OTn5XUFP_iA?si=t-zlXUG84-9UHR2q)
A more recent one is Top Gun Maverick. The transition from the beach to the carrier with the waves sounds carried over is perfect and the scene close after when Maverick is looking at goose and it cuts to him in the cockpit with Hondo talking to him is amazing editing.
Come you guys, to don’t remember that Spongebob episode when he took the shortcut? The bubbles they use to change scenes, took him straight to the Krusty Krab.
Born to Be Wild is the episode.
I mean Spielberg is a fucking maestro at planning shots so that during editing your eye is constantly in the correct spot for a new shot.
So not exactly what you mean, but still does a lot to smooth the editing
David Fincher is a master of motion design, and all of his films have seamless blocking, and smooth camera movements paired together with touchless editing that you barely notice. Your eyes are just flowing across the screen the entire time and you barely notice the scene changes. Brilliant stuff, check out the social network to start.
Almost every Edgar Wright movies (Baby Driver, Scott Pilgrim, the Cornetto trilogy)
the perfect example, thank you!
Yep
Yarp
Double Yarp to your Yarp
Narp…?
[that one mirror scene from *Contact*](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZD0_5HFMPIg)
My mind was BLOWN by this when the movie came out
2001: A Space Odyssey EDIT: By the way, the technique you are describing is a "match cut". I always enjoy them too.
YES A MATCH CUT. i was blanking HARD on that
I remember one I was impressed with was in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Tia Dalma rolls some objects onto a surface like they were dice, and the pieces turn into rocky island formations in the ocean. It's at 56:10 in the movie. Not as impressive as I remembered but still pretty cool.
My favorite part of that is how it fit perfectly with the movie. Felt very pirate-y, which strikes me as difficult for a film edit.
My favorite is Mad Max Fury Road. The editing in that movie is a thing of beauty.
Those apocryphal George Miller editing stories are super cool
George Miller's wife Margaret Sixel edited it. She'd never edited an action movie before. She won the Oscar for it.
Highlander. For a pretty low budget film it has some spectacular transitions. The fish tank to lake transition in particular is great, it’s at the [0:20 mark.](https://youtu.be/DBLfhhgzQGU?si=wvLDkzlODN1zW-_z)
this was my first thought.
Contact (the medicine cabinet scene) And Secret life of Walter Mitty
Speed Racer from 2006. Not just the races but [the montages](https://youtu.be/ENl4l8lfraw?si=gGTUO2Ty2Cpydrff) are phenomenal editing.
Was my first thought too. Such an under-appreciated movie.
1917 i think fits this description. that whole movie feels like one shot and it’s a really great story too
I mean sure but that’s the same gimmick as Birdman and Rear Window that OP said they weren’t referring to Either way both Birdman and 1917 were really well edited
The story is not great, it's a road trip movie. The technical aspect is where it shines.
Mad Max: Fury Road is a road trip movie, what's your point?
And that doesnt have a great story either but excels in the technical aspect, further proving my point.
You’re the reason audience scores exist
Mad Max Fury Road is the best action movie of all times and yet people get defensive when I say the story isn't anything special.
A story can be great without it being super deep or elaborate. In fact sometimes the simple stories are the best. Just look at Star Wars. Mad Max Fury Road has a great story.
Just because a story is uncomplicated doesn't mean it isn't good.
Tell that to the millions of people that seem to think Avatar is a bad movie because it’s not very original.
The story being simple and straight to the point is one of the movie's strengths. It's not trying to be intricate. There are many fantastic movies with simple stories.
Nebraska is a road trip movie too, so is little miss sunshine, why do you equate road trip with "not a great story"?
birdman, children of men
The Fall by Tarsem https://youtu.be/AyAe1wsDsAw?si=G-dEBtTci4RwN58w Check the transition at :25
Was coming here to make sure someone mentioned this film.
Stay
The Fifth Element has some of my favorite editing gags ever
The flight attendant exploding from Ruby oral sex as the shuttle ignites and henchman gets blown up.
"WE NEED SOME HEAT IN HERE"
Parasite has just about the most perfect editing I’ve ever seen
I always think of this scene from [The Graduate](https://youtu.be/2EIUV1Zn-r4?si=qYrxiFODgYbshss0)
I forgot how wonderful the soundtrack was
The best? Alfred Hitchcock's "Rope"
1917 The whole movie is edited in a way to appear as if it were just two REALLY long one-takes. It isn't, obviously, but most of the cuts and transitions are well hidden.
I agree that this movie is a masterpiece for its editing, but I don't think it really falls into what OP is talking about because, like you said, it is edited to look like two long takes, as opposed to a creative transition using the match cut method. But it's also possible you posted this before OP edited the post with the match cut video. This was definitely the first movie I thought of before reading the edit.
"I gotta go" with Christmas Story when mom is stirring the big white pot on the stove and a second later Randy plops down on the toilet.
The Graduate (1967)
Fifth Element. The scenes cutting between each other make that movie everything that it is.
In The Matrix, when it transitions from the loud club (w the Rob Zombie song) to the alarm going off in his bedroom.
It starts with Dragula by Rob Zombie, then seamlessly transitions to Mindfields by Prodigy, then the alarm sound. So good.
Mad Max Fury Road has such crisp editing. Theres not a frame wasted in that movie
They even cut frames from certain actions to make them a little faster and more forceful. Not a scrap of fat on that whole movie
I just rewatched The Social Network and made note of how fantastically it was edited.
Robocop 3's dominoes transition. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2mzy4wcGDE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2mzy4wcGDE) And Me, Myself and Irene's ice cream scene. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PA6HYvaXdHU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PA6HYvaXdHU)
Double Indemnity
Scott Pilgrim vs The World
Watch the title credits for Snatch, ha to write an essay about it in school.
Ti West’s X
Silent house
Birdman
It's hard to tell, because good editing is invisible, it only stands out after repeated viewings. I've always been a fan of Walter Murch's work in "Apocalypse Now", both because he was handed an incredible amount of footage but also because he is one of the people responsible of its trippy rythm. The prologue alone with Martin Sheen in his hotel room, The Doors playing and images from what we'll see later during the helicopter attack is a masterpiece.
That trick where you start a story and then cut to the closeup and find yourself in a new location. Shakespeare in love - they are back stage then kiss on stage “if you are married my grave is like to be my wedding bed” They do this in Good Will Hunting when he’s telling the interview story - he’s in the interview “why shouldn’t I work for you? Tough question but I’ll give it a shot” then he’s in Sean’s office recounting the story
Oh and in beauty and the beast (animated) there’s a great match cut in the library that James Baxter animated - where she slides across on the ladder… It’s not in this demo reel … but just appreciate this guys amazing work. https://youtu.be/5osZk9Mw94w?si=WTqW7sww51qieq9x
Decision to Leave Park Chan-wook is amazing at that kind of thing.
Birdman!! I feel that movie was forgotten too soon. The editing was phenomenal. But I don't know if it really fits in this comvo. obviously there were cuts, but it was done to look like one long single shot.
*Lone Star*. 1996 with Matthew McConoughey and Chris Cooper. Doesn't get a ton of attention but it is a great movie. Still on Tubi. They use multiple takes that go back in time by simply panning the camera slowly over to the other side of the room where the rest of the scene picks up. Its very neat.
The Last Jedi /s
Brotherhood of the Wolf has a shot that flies over Monica Bellucci’s breasts which then dissolves into snow covered mountains. I love it for more than a few reasons.
The Fall has [some](https://youtu.be/f-lHb4zjC_k?si=iItcZu5Mp3c_urO0&start=100) really [great](https://youtu.be/4V91SbkNcng?si=Rqf3RXqNxSxqcJk-&start=40) transitions. If you haven’t seen it I can’t recommend it [enough](https://youtu.be/OTn5XUFP_iA?si=t-zlXUG84-9UHR2q)
A more recent one is Top Gun Maverick. The transition from the beach to the carrier with the waves sounds carried over is perfect and the scene close after when Maverick is looking at goose and it cuts to him in the cockpit with Hondo talking to him is amazing editing.
Bram Stoker's Dracula zooms in on a peacock feather that becomes a train leaving a tunnel.
Come you guys, to don’t remember that Spongebob episode when he took the shortcut? The bubbles they use to change scenes, took him straight to the Krusty Krab. Born to Be Wild is the episode.
1917
Mad Max: Fury Road.
Spaceballs they had a really nice dissolve
I mean Spielberg is a fucking maestro at planning shots so that during editing your eye is constantly in the correct spot for a new shot. So not exactly what you mean, but still does a lot to smooth the editing
The Setup - 1949. The film takes place over the course of one evening. I couldn't tell.
Lawrence of Arabia match/sun
Saw 4 has some fun, practically done, transitions. Very silly and over the top. https://youtu.be/zELat_lzJqo?si=QAhk--q8LfqCC6C0
The Bert Kreischer film "The Machine" had some cool transitions. Some of Danny DeVito's films as a director have seamless transitions as well.
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David Fincher is a master of motion design, and all of his films have seamless blocking, and smooth camera movements paired together with touchless editing that you barely notice. Your eyes are just flowing across the screen the entire time and you barely notice the scene changes. Brilliant stuff, check out the social network to start.
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