
Editing Pace in Modern Movies: How Cuts per Minute Changed the Cinema
Average shot lengths have fallen for six decades — but pace is rhythm, and rhythm is the one craft every audience senses.
Films outside the wide-release calendar: streaming originals, repertory programming, restorations and the archival work keeping older pictures visible.

Average shot lengths have fallen for six decades — but pace is rhythm, and rhythm is the one craft every audience senses.