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You know, is this shot going to hold enough footage?

And he said, yeah, if I shoot coverage, the studio will make me use it and I don't want to use it.

And I think that's the danger.

If you have shot something, that's the danger, is you'll just use it because we have it.

I mean, you've got to understand, I mean, it is risky that if you cover a whole scene in one kind of evolving shot, you've got no way out of it in the cutting room if the scene's playing too slow or playing too fast or you're not getting the reactions or whatever.

But that's the wonder of filmmaking.

Come on!

You know, when you get that shot that expresses the scene and you don't need to cut, and, you know, 1917 is kind of a pretty good example of that.

There is no way you're going to cut out of that shot.

Yeah, and basically it is one shot because we didn't shoot any alternatives.

Exactly what we shot is in the final version of the film.

And Roger, are you proud when you look back, when you look at the book and think about all the films you've made, do you feel proud of the work you've done?

I don't.

Proud's the wrong word, really.

I mean, I've had a fantastic experience, many experiences through my life.

Yeah.

So I look back and think, yeah, good.

I could have never imagined doing that, having that career when I was like 16 or 17 years old in the pub when I shouldn't have been there, you know.

Sir Roger Deakins.

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