Episode 2215
Paint Drying
Mon, 2023-May-29 02:04 UTC
Length - 2:04
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The featured article for Monday, 29 May 2023 is Paint Drying.
Paint Drying is a 2016 British experimental protest film that was produced, directed and shot by Charlie Shackleton. Shackleton created the film in protest against film censorship in the United Kingdom and the sometimes-prohibitive cost to independent filmmakers which the British Board of Film Classification's (BBFC) classification requirement imposes. The film consists of 607 minutes (10 hours and 7 minutes) of an unchanging view of white paint drying on a brick wall. Shackleton made the film to force the BBFC to watch all ten hours to give the film an age rating classification. Shackleton initially shot 14 hours' worth of footage of paint drying in 4K resolution and opened a Kickstarter campaign to pay the BBFC's per-minute rate for a film as long as possible. It raised £5,936 from 686 backers, paying for a film lasting 10 hours and 7 minutes. After reviewing the film, the BBFC rated it 'U' for 'Universal', indicating "no material likely to offend or harm".
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For the full current version of the article, see Paint Drying on Wikipedia.
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