10-Hour Movie Of Paint Drying Gets 'U' Rating

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Sky News:
10-Hour Movie Of Paint Drying Gets ‘U’ Rating
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A video showing 607 minutes of paint drying has been awarded a ‘U’ rating by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC).
Filmmaker Charlie Lyne made the film as a protest against the fees the censorship board charges to classify movies, a process which is mandatory for a UK release.
A certificate for an average length film costs around £1,000, something that Mr Lyne said can put off some young filmmakers.
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After raising nearly £6,000 using a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign, he filmed a 10-hour-long movie showing one of the most boring things imaginable: paint drying.
That meant that two BBFC examiners had to watch it over a period of two days - because they are not allowed to view more than nine hours of a movie each day.
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:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

The soundtrack is John Cage’s 4:33.
 
Since I don’t live in the UK, I had to look up what you meant by “U” rating:
The U symbol stands for Universal. A U film should be suitable for audiences aged four years and over. However, it is impossible to predict what might upset a particular child, especially at this lower end of the category range.
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Lol!!!

Glad to see that old-world humour still in action!

ICXC NIKA.
 
They didn’t tell us whether the paint was dried by the end!! I hate it when movie ads leave you in suspense.
 
Thanks for posting this. I had a great laugh and appreciate the sense of humor of our forum participants!~

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