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In this paper, I propose what I call the ‘space-image’ as a concept to define a regime of moving images that is in process of shaping in the post-cinematic media environment. Also, the space-image is to be discussed as a historical discourse to identify a certain imagery break between the viewing subject and the cinematic image that has been already perceived but not satisfactorily articulated in the history of cinema since its digitization. As exemplary figurations of the space-image, I will analyse the two-and-a-half-minute unbroken single shot in Panic Room where the camera flies impossibly through banisters, a keyhole, a coffee pot handle and then through the ceiling, and the almost one-minute single shot in Contact where the camera moves back unbelievably freely in a corridor, capturing the character fearful reactions to the father’s heart attack. The unbroken shots actually consist of multiple takes seamlessly stitched by digital visual effects in the post-production. Perceptually indistinguishable with true long takes, they allow us to immerse ourselves completely into the cinematic worlds.