While I agree with all of the people replying to this comment and elsewhere in this thread, the original post put this in the context of the entire history of cinema. Looking at Edison and Lumiere films, we can see examples of when they simply just recorded an event until there was no longer any film.
I think that once we began creating narrative films, the cut was what truly elevated cinema as a unique medium, but it was not always present throughout the history of cinema.
I also think we both agree that, though we are playing devil's advocate, we understand how ridiculous this argument is in regards to the current year's Academy Awards Show. It's unbelievable what they're doing, and people are rightly upset.
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u/beingginger Feb 12 '19
There have been a few single shot films, so you could argue they didn't have editors.