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How do I do a shot like this?

But that particular shot looks like a shoulder mounted camera being walked to the right while the actor walks to the left (camera left). In the 70s, many shots were lensed with 200-400mm lenses to compress the background onto the actor and make it look more like a flat painting. This is somewhere in the realm of 80-150 but close enough to get a full frame close up of the actor.
 
Ignore the actor. Watch the background bounce as the camera turns. Then watch the actor bounce as he moves...both the camera man and the actor are stepping to the side in this shot.
 
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