The Longest Most Meaningless Movie in the World
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| The Longest Most Meaningless Movie in the World | |
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| Directed by | Vincent Patouillard |
| Produced by | Tony Scott |
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Running time | 48 hours |
| Countries | United Kingdom France |
The Longest Most Meaningless Movie in the World (also known as The Longest and Most Meaningless Movie in the World, The Most Meaningless Movie in the World and Meaningless Movies[1]) is a 1968 British underground film lasting 48 hours directed by Vincent Patouillard.[1] It was produced by Anthony Scott[2] and created as a collaboration with French[3] and British filmmakers in association with the Swiss Film Centre and the London Film-Makers' Co-op workshop (both located in London).[4][5]
No actual footage was shot for the project, which instead consists entirely of outtakes, commercials, strips of undeveloped film, Academy leader, discarded reels recovered from Wardour Street dustbins, and other filmic cast-off material, creating a seemingly endless stream of news-reel and stock footage.[4] Many segments are shown upside down, in reverse, or without sound. Some are shown many times over to wear out the viewer.[6] At one point, a commercial starring Donald Campbell advertising a boys' adventure magazine is looped forty times,[7] amounting to half an hour's worth of video.[4] The film notably features Hermine Demoriane, Roger Dixon, Graham Stevens, Carla Liss and Martine Meringue.[5] As British artist David Curtis has noted, the film had low production values.[4][8]