I counted the cuts in 8,770 films from the last century to find out how many shots a movie has now, and how fast we are cutting.

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So like action-martial-arts movies I would say are universally better when they have fewer cuts because that means they're leveraging the abilities of the actors. Classic example is the ~4 minute single cut from The Protector.

That genre rarely wins Oscars. But I think we can still draw the conclusion that cut frequency's effect on film enjoyment depends on genre.

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