The top 10 includes the longest films in the world in the history of cinema. The list does not show serials, which are certainly designed for a long run. All of the below pictures were shot with the expectation of a demonstration holistically. The duration of some of them is absurd and not justified, but that is the will of the directors who decided to stand out from the crowd.
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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 art film: Sergei Bondarchuk, Lyudmila Savelyeva, Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Oleg Tabakov and others. The screen version of Leo Nikolayevich 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 most high-budget films in the history of cinema: the creation took about 8 million rubles, which was a fabulous sum by the standards of Soviet times. Investments justified themselves: in 1966 the film received a record number of viewers: 58 million people only in the USSR.The shooting of the film lasted for six years.
9
The evolution of the Filipino family
" The evolution of the Philippine family " is 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 to the liking of film critics, who left enthusiastic reviews, describing it as a monumental masterpiece of cinema. The version demonstrated at the festival is 1.5 hours longer than the one that reached the audience. In the center of the unfolding action of the picture is a small group of Filipinos, leading a desperate struggle during the political chaos in the country. Canadian viewers have included a masterpiece in the top ten films of all time.
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Outside 1
" Outside 1 "( 1971) takes the eighth position in the list of the longest films in the world. The film was based on the "Human Comedy" Honore de Balzac. The duration of the movie is 12 hours 36 minutes."Outside 1" includes eight episodes with a duration of 90-100 minutes. The idea of the director Jacques Revit was to unite several stories that have a subtle connection to each other, and this author succeeded in translating this film.
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Travel
" Travel " directed by Peter Watkins - one of the longest documentaries in the world with a duration of 14 hours and 30 minutes. Filming of the painting took place for several years on different continents. In the 80-ies of the last century, the film was shown in the Austrian Museum of Cinema. To the general public "Journey" is rare, when it was demonstrated. The main storyline is connected with the power, the production of atomic weapons and the numerous costs for it.
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Berlin-Alexanderplatz
The painting " Berlin-Alexanderplatz " is one of the longest in the world of cinematography. It was filmed in 1980 by Reiner Fasbinder, and its duration was 15 hours. This is the long-time story of the former pimp Franz Biberkopf, who served in prison for the murder of a prostitute working for him. Once released, he begins to search for himself in this world. The hero gives himself the word that he will not fold more from the right and honest path. But it turns out to be difficult in a country mired in unemployment and crime. The plot unfolds against the backdrop of the 1920s in Germany."Berlin-Alexanderplatz" is based on the novel of the same name by Alfred Dyoblin. In 2007, a restored version of the drama was filmed.
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The longest and most senseless film
« The longest and most senseless film » fully justifies its name. The tape was filmed in 1968 by 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 produce any special shots. It was "glued" from advertising scraps and film frames that were not included in the films."The longest and most senseless film" is "cinematographic trash" and does not bear absolutely no value. The picture was shown in 1968 in London, and then it was presented at the festival of experimental art.
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The treatment of insomnia
" The treatment of insomnia "( 1987) takes the fourth place 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. In the picture there is no plot, and its main figure is L. D. Groban, who reads his poems. The moments of reading are suddenly interrupted by insertions of heavy metal clips that have an erotic content. The film was created with the goal of reprogramming the consciousness of people suffering from insomnia."Medical" film was published in 1987, when it was shown by the School of Art Institute in Chicago.
3
Matryoshka
« Matryoshka »( 2006) - the artistic picture of the director Karin Heler opens the top three. The total length of the longest German film is 95 hours or 4 days. The whole film does not have a soundtrack and is built on one photo. In the frame events are shown that are loosely connected with each other."Matryoshka" was presented in 2006 at the festival in Frankfurt on a giant screen cloth of 100 square meters.
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Cinematone
« Cinematone »( 2010) - the art painting by Gerard Courant is one of the longest in the world. Filming of the film 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 the camera, than only they would like. For example, a friend of Gerard Terry Giliam ate a banknote during the shooting. Also in the frame were Russian stars: Inna Churikova, Lyudmila Kotlyarova, Juliana Semenova and others. It is very interesting to observe people who do not act according to the written script. The picture received positive reviews of film critics.
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Modernity forever
" Modernity forever "( 2011) - the longest film in the world, shot by the Danish art group "Superflex".The film shows the world's largest headquarters of a timber company in Helsinki, which is gradually being destroyed due to the disappearance of humanity from the face of the earth. The film was demonstrated at the Helsinki Festival of Contemporary Art. It takes 240 hours to watch the movie, or, to be exact, 10 days.
