The top 10 includes the longest films in the world in the history of cinema. The series does not include series that are obviously designed for a long run. All of the paintings below were shot with the expectation of a holistic demonstration. The duration of some of them is absurd and not justified, but the will of the directors, who decided to stand out from the crowd, is for that.
10. War and peace
«War and Peace"(1965) - the longest film of Soviet cinema, directed by Sergei Bondarchuk. All the stars of the Soviet stage took part in the feature film: Sergey Bondarchuk, Lyudmila Savelyeva, Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Oleg Tabakov and others. The film epic of Leo Tolstoy was a huge success and was awarded the Oscar as the best film in a foreign language. In addition, the feature film is included in the list of the highest-budget films in the history of cinema: it took about 8 million rubles to create, which was a fabulous sum by the standards of Soviet times. The investments paid off: in 1966, the film gathered a record number of viewers: 58 million people in the USSR alone. Filming lasted for six years.
9. The evolution of the Filipino family
«Filipino family evolution"- one of the best and longest Filipino paintings with a duration of 9 hours. The film was shot in 2004 by director Love Diaz. The film was liked by film critics who left rave reviews, describing it as a monumental masterpiece of cinema. The version shown at the festival is 1.5 hours longer than the one that reached the audience. At the center of the unfolding action of the picture is a small group of Filipinos waging a desperate struggle in times of political chaos in the country. Canadian viewers have included masterpieces in the top ten films of all time.
8. Out of 1
«Out of 1"(1971) ranks eighth in the list of the longest films in the world. The basis of the picture was The Human Comedy by Honore de Balzac. The duration of the film is 12 hours 36 minutes. “Beyond 1” includes eight episodes with a duration of 90-100 minutes. The idea of the director Jacques Revite was to combine several stories that have a delicate connection between themselves, and the author of the feature film was able to translate this completely.
7. Travel
«JourneyDirector Peter Wotkins is one of the longest documentaries in the world with a duration of 14 hours and 30 minutes. Filming took place over several years on different continents. In the 80s of the last century, the film was shown at the Austrian Film Museum. To the general public, “Travel” is rarely shown. The main storyline is associated with power, the production of atomic weapons and the numerous costs for it.
6. Berlin-Alexanderplatz
Artistic painting "Berlin-Alexanderplatz"Is one of the longest cinema in the world. It was filmed in 1980 by Reiner Fasbinder, and its duration was 15 hours. This is a many-hour story of a former pimp Franz Bieberkopf, who served a prison for the murder of a prostitute working for him. Having been released, he begins to search for himself in this world. The hero gives himself the word that he will no longer turn off the right and honest path. But this is not easy to do in a country mired in unemployment and crime. The plot unfolds against the background of the 20s of the last century in Germany. Berlin-Alexanderplatz is based on the novel of the same name by Alfred Dioblin. In 2007, a restored version of the drama was shot.
5. The longest and most meaningless movie
«The longest and most meaningless movie"Fully justifies its name. The tape was shot in 1968 by the Englishman Anthony Scott in a new direction with the name underground. The picture is unique only in that it has absolutely no plot and lasts for 48 hours - 2 days. For the picture did not make any special shootings. She was “glued” from advertising snippets and film frames that did not fall into the films. “The Longest and Most Meaningless Movie” is “cinematic trash” and carries absolutely no value. The painting was shown in 1968 in London, and then it was presented at the festival of experimental art.
4. Treatment for insomnia
«Insomnia treatment"(1987) ranks fourth among the longest films in the world. The author of the plotless picture was John Henry Timmis. In 1987, a film with a duration of 87 hours (3.5 days) was included in the Guinness Book of Records as the longest film. There is no plot in the picture, and L. D. Groban, reading his poems, becomes its main figure. For moments, reading is suddenly interrupted by inserts of heavy metal clips that have erotic content. The film was created with the aim of reprogramming the consciousness of people suffering from insomnia. The “healing” film was released in 1987 when it was shown by the School of the Art Institute in Chicago.
3. Matryoshka
«Matryoshka"(2006) - an artistic picture directed by Karin Heler opens the top three. The total duration of the longest German film is 95 hours or 4 days. The entire film has no sound and is built on one photo. The frame displays events that are not closely related to each other. Matryoshka was presented in 2006 at the Frankfurt Festival on a giant screen canvas with an area of 100 square meters.
2. Cinematon
«Cinematon"(2010) - the artwork of Gerard Courant is one of the longest in the world. Filming lasted more than thirty years (1978-2010), and its duration was 154 hours, which is almost 6.5 days. "Cinematon" includes more than two thousand silent episodes with a duration of three minutes. The heroes of the episodes were celebrities, acquaintances and friends of the director, who were engaged in the allotted time on camera, whatever they wanted. For example, a friend of Gerard Terry Giliam ate a banknote during the filming. Also, Russian stars fell into the frame: Inna Churikova, Lyudmila Kotlyarova, Juliana Semenova and others. It is very curious to watch people who do not follow the script. The film received positive ratings from film critics.
1. Modernity forever
«Forever forever"(2011) - the longest film in the world, shot by the Danish art group" Superflex ". The film shows the world's largest headquarters of the forestry company in Helsinki, which is gradually being destroyed due to the disappearance of humanity from the face of the Earth. The film was shown at the Helsinki Festival of Contemporary Art. It takes 240 hours to watch the movie, or more precisely, 10 days.