Like Hard-Boiled by John woo for instance. The characters move quickly and recklessly across different points in the screen. The same is for other movies before 2000s. Is it cinematography or did the actors used to move really fast?
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Before commercials were 1/3 of television time, they had longer programs.
To fit a 50 minute program in a 40 minute time block (more commercials in the same hour period) they cut it down significantly, plus speed it up.
Comedy central is a huge offender in this, speeding up as much as 10%, cutting out silences (not like timing matters in comedy, right?) and cutting entire scenes just to max out commercial time.
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