When mention was made last Thursday of Andy Warhol's "wallpaper" films like Empire
and Sleep, I recalled reading a New York Times article about Christian Marclay's
"The Clock" (excerpt below; for the full effect, begin playing it at 12:04 PM). If you
happen to be in/around Toronto any time between September 21st and November
25th this year, it will be playing at the Power Plant Contemporary Art Centre.
For an insight into Marclay's creative process, I direct you to this New Yorker article.
Believe it or not, according to Wikipedia, there are eight films as long as or longer than "The Clock," with titles like "The Cure for Insomnia" and "The Longest Most Meaningless Movie in the World" (not the longest, actually; it had been once upon a time), though all of these are likewise experimental in nature. Andy Warhol is up there, of course, with "Four Stars" coming in at 25 hours long. No. 2 on the list, "Cinématon" (7 days, 6 hours), reminded me of the "screen tests" which Warhol took of Factory guests. No. 1, "Modern Times Forever" had a whopping 10-day running time. If you scroll down in the entry, there is a separate list for cinematic films; "Berlin Alexanderplatz" (1980) tops that list at 14 hours, 56 minutes.
and Sleep, I recalled reading a New York Times article about Christian Marclay's
"The Clock" (excerpt below; for the full effect, begin playing it at 12:04 PM). If you
happen to be in/around Toronto any time between September 21st and November
25th this year, it will be playing at the Power Plant Contemporary Art Centre.
For an insight into Marclay's creative process, I direct you to this New Yorker article.
Believe it or not, according to Wikipedia, there are eight films as long as or longer than "The Clock," with titles like "The Cure for Insomnia" and "The Longest Most Meaningless Movie in the World" (not the longest, actually; it had been once upon a time), though all of these are likewise experimental in nature. Andy Warhol is up there, of course, with "Four Stars" coming in at 25 hours long. No. 2 on the list, "Cinématon" (7 days, 6 hours), reminded me of the "screen tests" which Warhol took of Factory guests. No. 1, "Modern Times Forever" had a whopping 10-day running time. If you scroll down in the entry, there is a separate list for cinematic films; "Berlin Alexanderplatz" (1980) tops that list at 14 hours, 56 minutes.
I have seen "Berlin Alexanderplatz" and yes, it is very long.
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