Man Submits 10 hours of Paint Drying on a wall to BBFC. Gets rated U.

[Foggy]

http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/paint-drying-film

Note: The following text may contain spoilers

PAINT DRYING is a film showing paint drying on a wall.

It contains no material likely to offend or harm.

[DanTheMan]

Still better than Boyhood.

[Al_The_Strange]

I can see it now, it comes out to UHD and people start using it as a demo disc. It might be so clear and perfect, people will think their TV is really a wall with paint drying on it.

[Astro Zombie]

Dammit I was gonna make that joke

[Troll2fan]

Originally Posted by DanTheMan

Still better than Boyhood.

Beat me to it.

[Dalekbuster523Bluray]

Can anybody submit a film to the BBFC?

[baheidstu]

Originally Posted by Foggy

http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/paint-drying-film

Does that mean someone from the BBC had to sit through the entire thing in order to approve this? Wouldn't it be funny if at the 6 hour mark or so, he tossed in a few seconds of some guy walking by with his dick hanging out just to see if anyone was watching?

[stvn1974]

Terrence Malick's lawyers are already filing lawsuit papers.

[Ray Jackson]

Andy Warhol would be so proud.

[jacobsever]

Originally Posted by baheidstu

Does that mean someone from the BBC had to sit through the entire thing in order to approve this? Wouldn't it be funny if at the 6 hour mark or so, he tossed in a few seconds of some guy walking by with his dick hanging out just to see if anyone was watching?

That's the whole purpose. It was in protest of state-mandated ratings in the UK. In the US, you can bypass the MPAA and release a film unrated. In the UK, all films released (for profit) HAVE to be submitted for a rating. Which costs around £1,000 to submit.

The...director, if you will, did an AMA on Reddit about why he did it.

[tigertron]

£1000 to watch paint dry...not a bad fee I suppose.

[Eternal Dreamer]

Originally Posted by DanTheMan

Still better than Boyhood.

[jacobsever]

Originally Posted by tigertron

£1000 to watch paint dry...not a bad fee I suppose.

The BBFC also can only watch/review 6 hours of film a day, so they had to split this movie into a 2 day ordeal.

[Dalekbuster523Bluray]

Originally Posted by jacobsever

That's the whole purpose. It was in protest of state-mandated ratings in the UK. In the US, you can bypass the MPAA and release a film unrated. In the UK, all films released (for profit) HAVE to be submitted for a rating. Which costs around £1,000 to submit.

The...director, if you will, did an AMA on Reddit about why he did it.

£1000 is ridiculous IMO.

[Ray Jackson]

Originally Posted by stvn1974

Terrence Malick's lawyers are already filing lawsuit papers.

[stvn1974]

Christopher Nolan is doing the sequel. 12 hours of paint drying. Morgan Freeman and Michael Cane will explain how the paint is drying in voice overs.

[Porco Azzurro]

I just hope the Blu-ray release has lossless audio.

[mattyl149]

Originally Posted by Dalekbuster523Bluray

£1000 is ridiculous IMO.

I've got a decorator who will do it for a third of the price

[tigertron]

Originally Posted by Porco Azzurro

I just hope the Blu-ray release has lossless audio.

I hope they keep those IMAX scenes intact for the Blu-ray. It does have IMAX, right? because watching paint dry requires it, otherwise you're not getting the full experience.

[Groot]

Originally Posted by DanTheMan

Still better than Boyhood.