genekellys:This sequence is 9 minutes and 45 seconds long, and contains 133 editorial cuts, which me
genekellys:This sequence is 9 minutes and 45 seconds long, and contains 133 editorial cuts, which means the average shot length is only 4.4 seconds. Hitchcock and editor George Tomasini often employed long takes, but that was not appropriate for this sequence as we shall see.NORTH BY NORTHWEST dir. Alfred Hitchcock -- source link