British Film Censors Got Trolled Hard By This Guy's Movie "Paint Drying"
You've certainly heard the cliché that nothing is more boring than, "watching paint dry," right? Well, imagine having to do just that, for 10 hours no less, for your job. You literally had no choice but to watch paint dry. The entire process of paint drying. That's the only more boring than typing an intro to a story about paint drying, with a dry sense of humor that's barely painting the picture of what went down.
So there you have it: Lyne is tired of censorship and points out the fact that getting a film screened is nearly impossible with the absurd pricing that the BBFC has in place for filmmakers. However, realizing the loophole that they are obliged to watch every submission in its entirety, Lyne created a Kickstarter which, as you saw, raised money for each minute of paint drying he would force the BBFC to sit through.
And, let's just say the people who caught wind of this campaign got behind it in full force. Lyne raised enough money to turn Paint Drying into more than a feature length film and sent it in to the BBFC.
What happened next? Well, some BBFC employees were forced, by way of their job duties, to watch paint dry in the the film Paint Drying for a very extended period of time. Nothing to censor there, because, well nothing was happening. How long was it you might ask?
You do the math, because here's how much he raised (the BBFC officially classified Paint Drying after viewing it over a two day period).
In all, Paint Drying lasts 10 hours and 7 minutes, and those at the BBFC had to watch the whole thing before they could write their notes and present it for viewing. This is the longest con/troll move of any individual toward a company imaginable.
And of course, the BBFC has to announce it's newest addition to the archives–with brutal honesty.
The only way Paint Drying could offend any audiences is with the sheer boredom of drying paint. Although, they still have to give a synopsis of the film's plot when they announce it, which unfortunately gives the entire thing away.
The title, as you now know, is the entirety of what the film is about: Paint Drying.
Well played, Charlie Lyne. Surely, this will make the BBFC rethink not only its censorship regulations, but also the high cost of submissions for film screenings. Otherwise, they better get ready for a slew of Paint Drying-like films, such as Pendulums Working, or Facet Dripping, or even the thriller Clock Ticking.