[website] Make the Censors Watch 'Paint Drying'

[Garacesh]

To be fair, the plot twist in the first was fantastic. I wonder what's planned for the sequel?

[DJ-1701]

To be fair, the plot twist in the first was fantastic. I wonder what's planned for the SQL?

 

I would assume...

INSERT INTO Wall (Surface) VALUES ('Paint');

[abillybob]

Surely the BBFC will be able to split this up into 1 hour segments so that 24 individual people can watch it for an hour rather than 1 person watching 24 hours worth!? Seems flawed to me?

[korifugi]

To be fair, the plot twist in the first was fantastic. I wonder what's planned for the sequel?

 

Not to mention that bit at 4:17:26 - talk about an emotional rollercoaster

[DJ-1701]

Surely the BBFC will be able to split this up into 1 hour segments so that 24 individual people can watch it for an hour rather than 1 person watching 24 hours worth!? Seems flawed to me?

 

I can imagine them scrubing the footage for audio to see if there was any worth checking, and put it into some kind of high speed mode.

[unixman_again]

Not to mention that bit at 4:17:26 - talk about an emotional rollercoaster

That could well be in the minute that I sponsored. I asked Charlie if I could have one of the highlights.

[unixman_again]

Charlie Lyne has made another stand

I Went to Extraordinary Lengths to Sidestep Britain's Film Censors

[AMLinington]

The blank colour represents the artists' view of a homogeneous, boring society full of monotony.

The one drop of paint that slivers down the wall at 33:16 is a statement of his desire to break free of the mould and take his own path, though ultimately, the only path available is downwards due to gravity. This is to point out that though you can control your destiny to some degree, you will always be affected by outside forces.

The lack of audio is a sombre reminder that society should often listen more, instead of everybody trying to speak at once.

 

I could make this stuff up for days.

 

I used to be great at this too! You know in English Lit when you're discussing poems from that anthology of works? I'd come up with some incredible-sounding male-bovine-faeces and my English teacher would lap it up like a thirsty man in a desert! The secret of adulthood that you're not allowed to teach kids is that your adult working life is basically ALL this. All those reports? Yeah, totally this. Appraisals? Yep. Project meetings? Totally. Basically any meeting ever? Obviously.

[Snoochieboochies]

I admire their humour and enthusiasm, but i'm not sure what this will achieve apart from trolling the BBFC. They still need to pay staff so how else are they going to classify content other than charging on a per classification basis?

[unixman_again]

Ah but his latest effort shows that it is possible to screen films publicly, which have not been passed by the BBFC. In other words, the BBFC is a complete waste of money - films would be cheaper to see without it. You can read and see what ever you want in print or on stage but not film or TV (and soon the internet).

[LeMarchand]

Ah but his latest effort shows that it is possible to screen films publicly, which have not been passed by the BBFC. In other words, the BBFC is a complete waste of money - films would be cheaper to see without it. You can read and see what ever you want in print or on stage but not film or TV (and soon the internet).

 

You always could screen them publicly - it's just that most councils wouldn't show non-classified films. The work done by the BBFC saves them work and also gives guidance to parents on suitability and teenage boys something to rage about on the internet: "That film's gonna be rubbish, it should be an 18!!!"

[LeightonJames]

The BBFC is a waste of money. If it has to exist it should exist as a free service. Studio's should not have to pay to have their film classified.

[LeMarchand]

The BBFC is a waste of money.

 

I assume the fee means it pays for itself.

[Andrew_C]

films would be cheaper to see without it.

Really? I wonder what percentage cost it really is? Do you think it would reduce your ticket by as much as a ha'penny?

[Snoochieboochies]

The BBFC is a waste of money. If it has to exist it should exist as a free service. Studio's should not have to pay to have their film classified.

 

The issue i'd have with this is that it would then need to funded by the government and they could in effect censor Films based on their political agenda.

 

Studios are out to make money just like any other business, £1,000 is a drop in the ocean on most production budgets. I'd rather they pay for it than the Taxpayer.

[Garacesh]

The issue i'd have with this is that it would then need to funded by the government and they could in effect censor Films based on their political agenda.

 

Studios are out to make money just like any other business, £1,000 is a drop in the ocean on most production budgets. I'd rather they pay for it than the Taxpayer.

 

Yeah, I'm with you on this one. It shouldn't be a government-controlled entity, else we'd end up with the opportunity for the government to censor art they didn't like. I'm not suggesting they would and I'm not suggesting they wouldn't, but the opportunity would be there, and we're seeing governments around the world take that opportunity.

 

Right now a film producer pays BBFC for an age rating, cinemas then screen the film with appropriate disclaimer, job done. All councils trust the BBFC rating and it makes the process a lot smoother for everyone. It's quicker to get a BBFC rating than it is to write to all the councils and request permission. And even then, the responses are limited. Sure, you only spend, maybe, £300. But you also only get to screen the film in 1/3rd of the UK, and you have to do a lot of legwork yourself. They're paying extra for the convenience of doing less actual legwork, and the peace of mind that once it's classified it can be screened anywhere.