British director Charlie Lyne has provoked a debate in the UK about censorship and the inner workings of the BBFC with his film/provocation, Paint Drying. Paint Drying fully lives up to its title.
A scene, one of many similar scenes, from the movie Paint Drying. Photo/Twitter A British filmmaker made censors sit through a 10-hour movie about paint drying just to prove a point. Charlie Lyne used ...
If there was ever a film classification we could make a guess on, it would be a ten-hour film of paint drying scoring a U rating*. Lyne is calling attention to the board's policy of charging a £101.50 ...
Two British Film Board Classification censors were forced to sit for two days watching a video of paint drying on a wall. The video was sent to them for approval by a protester infuriated by the fact ...
Now able to come to a theater in the United Kingdom… a 10 hour movie of paint drying. To protest the British Board of Film Classification — the UK’s version of the Motion Picture Association of ...
Charlie Lyne is crowdfunding his 14-hour paint drying movie in the hope of getting a certificate from the censors (Picture: Charlie Lyne) Ever said you’d rather watch paint dry than anything else?
British film censor is not always the glamorous job it's cracked up to be. Sure, you get to watch movies every day, but let's face it, most of those flicks aren't Oscars quality. Some, in fact, can be ...
The BBFC has ruled the 10-hour film Paint Drying has 'no material likely to offend or harm' Kickstarter/Charlie Lyne A British filmmaker has been successful in forcing the British Board of Film ...
“It’s like watching paint dry,” a line commonly found in reviews of excessively lengthy and boring movies, is wholly applicable to Charlie Lyne’s unique protest against the British Board of Film ...