Sebastian Schipper

The long take is nothing new to cinema, but now far beyond the punctual formalism of Orson Welles and the wide gentleness of Kenji Mizoguchi, it has obtained nearly folkloric status.

Victoria is a movie with a gimmick. This is not to say that Victoria isn’t a worthwhile film or that it’s a film that can’t stand on its own, but the gimmick it carries is undeniable or rather, the gimmick carries the film.