Well, the number one tracking shot is Russian Ark. The entire film is one long shot as it moves through this museum. It only took them two takes to pull it off, but a freakin' ton of rehearsal time to coordinate it all, especially the crowd scenes. It's more impressive when you consider that it's one uncut shot than the actual film is. If you haven't seen it, it's worth at least one look.

The one that I initially fell in love with was the first eight minutes of Snake Eyes. Talk about huge. Haven't seen it since that first time, but I thought it was cool then.

And of course, how can we forget Rope? Back when a film reel only held 11 minutes, Hitchcock had to come up creative ways to make his "one shot" movie while distracting you from the fact that he HAD to cut between reels.

The trouble with Snake Eyes is that it wanted to be a tracking shot. But, there were 8 cuts during that scene.

It's a shame because that's where I got the initial idea for my scene and it stuck. Luckily (in my opinion), it's not just filler dialogue like Snake Eyes' was but Snake Eyes was good in its awfulness. Lol.