A frantic young woman begs a stranger to help save her marked husband, not realizing that the stranger is the hit man hired to kill him. Experimental digital movie shot entirely in one take and in real time.
Direction
Zeltser's invisible camera choreography in cramped spaces
Acting
Bettis's unraveling without cuts to save her
Director
Yuri Zeltser
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot on digital video in 2003 when 'one-take' meant hiding cuts, not actually doing it—Zeltser genuinely didn't cut.
The Circle flopped into obscurity while Birdman won Oscars for simulated long takes a decade later—sometimes timing is everything.
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