Paint Drying is a 2016 British experimental protest film that was
produced, directed and shot by Charlie Shackleton. He created the film
in protest against film censorship in the United Kingdom and the
sometimes-prohibitive cost to independent filmmakers that the
classification requirement of the British Board of Film Classification
(BBFC) imposes. The film consists of 607 minutes (10 hours and 7
minutes) of an unchanging view of white paint drying on a brick wall
(similar wall pictured). Shackleton made the film to force the BBFC to
watch it in its entirety to give the film an age rating classification.
Shackleton initially shot 14 hours' worth of footage of paint drying in
4K resolution and opened a Kickstarter campaign to pay the BBFC's per-
minute rate for a film as long as possible. It raised £5,936 from 686
backers, paying for a film lasting 10 hours and 7 minutes. After
reviewing the film, the BBFC rated it "U" for "Universal",
indicating
"no material likely to offend or harm".
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paint_Drying>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1792:
The Great Sejm of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth was
disbanded following the Russian invasion of Poland.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Sejm>
1935:
A strike by copper miners in Northern Rhodesia ended after six
workers were shot and killed by police.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1935_Copperbelt_strike>
1953:
The mountaineers Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay (both
pictured) became the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenzing_Norgay>
1954:
Diane Leather became the first woman to run a mile in less than
five minutes.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diane_Leather>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
suborn:
1. (also figuratively) To induce (someone) to commit an unlawful or
malicious act, especially in a corrupt manner. [from early 16th c.]
2. (specifically, criminal law) To induce (someone, such as a witness)
to commit perjury, for example by making a false accusation or giving
false evidence.
3. To achieve (some result; specifically, perjury) in a corrupt manner.
4. (archaic)
5. To procure or provide (something) secretly and often in a dishonest
manner.
6. To make use of (something), especially for corrupt or dishonest
reasons.
7. (obsolete)
8. To aid, assist, or support (something).
9. To furnish or provide (something).
10. To substitute (a thing) for something else, especially secretly and
often in a dishonest manner.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/suborn>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
We are neither "warmongers" nor "appeasers," neither
"hard" nor
"soft." We are Americans, determined to defend the frontiers of freedom,
by an honorable peace if peace is possible, but by arms if arms are used
against us. And if we are to move forward in that spirit, we shall need
all the calm and thoughtful citizens that this great University can
produce, all the light they can shed, all the wisdom they can bring to
bear. It is customary, both here and around the world, to regard life in
the United States as easy. Our advantages are many. But more than any
other people on earth, we bear burdens and accept risks unprecedented in
their size and their duration, not for ourselves alone but for all who
wish to be free.
--John F. Kennedy
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy>
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