1917 Where The Hidden Cuts In The One Shot Trick Are
Since the epic war film 1917 is a single-shot movie, presented and edited to appear as one continuous take, leaving viewers to wonder where the hidden cuts are located. Directed by Sam Mendes, who spent the last decade directing James Bond films, 1917 tells the story of two young soldiers, Blake (Dean-Charles Chapman) and Schofield (George MacKay), tasked with a seemingly impossible mission during WWI: travel on foot to the 2nd Battalion of the Devonshire Regiment to deliver a message calling off an attack against the German army (the Germans had pretended to retreat in order to prepare their ambush of 1,600 British soldiers, which includes Blake’s brother)....