The Longest Most Meaningless Movie in the World

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name = The Longest Most Meaningless Movie in the World


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director = Anthony Scott
producer = Anthony Scott
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released = 1968
runtime = 2880 mins
country = flagicon|UK United Kingdom
language = English
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imdb_id = 0342707

"The Longest Most Meaningless Movie in the World" is an underground movie made in the UK that runs to 48 hours long. No actual footage was shot for the project, which consists entirely of outtakes, commercials, strips of undeveloped film, academy leader, and other filmic castoff material, creating a seemingly endless stream of newsreel and stock footage. Some portions of the film are comprised of the same commercial, repeated over and over again, for more than half an hour. Strips of 35mm still picture film are also included in the film; at times, the images are run upside down, and in reverse. There is no logic to the film at all, which is the essence of its beauty; it is entirely random, or Dada filmmaking at its purest.

The film was produced by Anthony Scott in association with the Swiss Film Centre, London. The first public screening of the film took place at The New Arts Lab in Drury Lane, London, in the Summer of 1968. It was later screened at the La Cinémathèque française in October 1970.

Considered by some to be the longest film ever made, it actually holds the number four spot now behind "The Cure for Insomnia" (1987), which runs for 87 hours.

See also

*List of longest films by running time

External links

*imdb title|id=0342707