Last but not least: Drying Paint - The Movie
In England, movies have to be rated—at great expense. This bothers independent filmmakers. Brilliant: A Kickstarter project recently had the censorship board watch paint dry for 14 hours.
Problem number one: If a film wants to make it into theaters, it needs a BBFC certificate. Problem number two: The inspection is expensive. The production company of a blockbuster might not mind paying a seven-pound processing fee per minute of film. Financially less well-off filmmakers, on the other hand, do, because a film that is a good hour and a half long costs about a thousand francs. Just to get a stamp that you actually think is stupid anyway.
London filmmaker Charlie Lyne has therefore launched the ultimate counter-attack and launched the Kickstarter project "Make the Censors Watch "Paint Drying"" was founded. With the minimum amount of seven pounds, supporters could finance one minute of the film "Paint Drying" and thus force the censorship authority to watch paint drying for hours - in 4k, of course. Targeted length: 14 hours. The 6000 pounds needed came from the together.
Reassuringly, the authority guarantees with the certificate that it examines every minute of the film to be examined in pairs: "The BBFC claim that all theatrical submissions are watched in their entirety by a pair of examiners, who then discuss the work before writing a detailed report." And that will be necessary, because Lyne could have included touchstones (e.g., audio messages or short, forbidden inserts).
The sifting took place on Monday and Tuesday, as examiners are allowed to sift a maximum of nine hours of material per day, as Lyne reveals. At the subsequent discussion of the examiners would be happy to be present. Lyne expects the result and the certificate in the coming weeks - we congratulate already now. (hae)
