Every week, IndieWire asks a select handful of film and TV critics two questions and publishes the results on Monday. (The answer to the second, “What is the best film in theaters right now?”, can be found at the end of this post.)
This week’s question: If you could force Donald J. Trump to watch one movie for any reason (whether to educate him, torture him, amuse him, etc.), what would it be and why?
Tomris Laffly (@TomiLaffly), Film Journal, Film School Rejects
Can you really educate Trump through cinema? I think not. Put this year’s devastating trio of Syrian documentaries in front of him, and he’d say, “those people, including children, get what they deserve.” Make him watch a climate change film, and he’d call it fake news. For crying out loud, expose his eyeballs to “Finding Dory” and he’d probably mock poor Dory...
This week’s question: If you could force Donald J. Trump to watch one movie for any reason (whether to educate him, torture him, amuse him, etc.), what would it be and why?
Tomris Laffly (@TomiLaffly), Film Journal, Film School Rejects
Can you really educate Trump through cinema? I think not. Put this year’s devastating trio of Syrian documentaries in front of him, and he’d say, “those people, including children, get what they deserve.” Make him watch a climate change film, and he’d call it fake news. For crying out loud, expose his eyeballs to “Finding Dory” and he’d probably mock poor Dory...
- 7/17/2017
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Swedish director Anders Weberg has taken ‘slow cinema’ to a new level with the preview for his latest film, Ambiancé. Can’t get enough of this snippet? The next preview will be 72 hours long …
Ok, here is the elevator pitch: We are on a beach. The sea just visible on the right-hand side of the frame. Low camera angle. Black and white. Ghostly flickers superimposed over the main image. A synthesiser chord on the soundtrack. Nothing happens for about 12 minutes. Then we see a black dot and a white dot at the far end of the beach. They are people dressed in robes, walking towards us. In slow motion. By about 20 minutes in, they are near us, gathering debris on the beach. Wait – we are at the ground floor already? But we have only just got started!
There are another seven hours to go, in fact. Though not a lot else happens,...
Ok, here is the elevator pitch: We are on a beach. The sea just visible on the right-hand side of the frame. Low camera angle. Black and white. Ghostly flickers superimposed over the main image. A synthesiser chord on the soundtrack. Nothing happens for about 12 minutes. Then we see a black dot and a white dot at the far end of the beach. They are people dressed in robes, walking towards us. In slow motion. By about 20 minutes in, they are near us, gathering debris on the beach. Wait – we are at the ground floor already? But we have only just got started!
There are another seven hours to go, in fact. Though not a lot else happens,...
- 4/24/2016
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
Swedish director Anders Weberg has taken ‘slow cinema’ to a new level with the preview for his latest film, Ambiancé. Can’t get enough of this snippet? The next preview will be 72 hours long …
Ok, here is the elevator pitch: We are on a beach. The sea just visible on the right-hand side of the frame. Low camera angle. Black and white. Ghostly flickers superimposed over the main image. A synthesiser chord on the soundtrack. Nothing happens for about 12 minutes. Then we see a black dot and a white dot at the far end of the beach. They are people dressed in robes, walking towards us. In slow motion. By about 20 minutes in, they are near us, gathering debris on the beach. Wait – we are at the ground floor already? But we have only just got started!
There are another seven hours to go, in fact. Though not a lot else happens,...
Ok, here is the elevator pitch: We are on a beach. The sea just visible on the right-hand side of the frame. Low camera angle. Black and white. Ghostly flickers superimposed over the main image. A synthesiser chord on the soundtrack. Nothing happens for about 12 minutes. Then we see a black dot and a white dot at the far end of the beach. They are people dressed in robes, walking towards us. In slow motion. By about 20 minutes in, they are near us, gathering debris on the beach. Wait – we are at the ground floor already? But we have only just got started!
There are another seven hours to go, in fact. Though not a lot else happens,...
- 4/24/2016
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
Swedish director Anders Weberg is either a genius or a masochist, or possibly both. He certainly is ambitious, making a 30 day film. And if you thought a seven-minute teaser (which my colleague Stuart Muller reported on in 2014) was a bit of a challenge, you'll need to set aside a good portion of your day to watch the first full trailer, which clocks in at 7 hours, 20 minutes. Apparently he plans to release an even longer trailer in 2018. The film is destined for release in 4 years, screen one time, and then be destroyed by the director. This kind of art might seem more appropraite perhaps for a museum or art gallery, or at least a venue where one could come and...
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- 4/19/2016
- Screen Anarchy
As we complain about runtimes creeping over 2.5 hours for studio tentpoles, we can at least rest easy that Zack Snyder isn’t planning a 720-hour version of Batman v Superman. Though, if you’re in the mood to sit through a feature that long, Anders Weberg, a Swedish artist and filmmaker, is now out to claim the world record with his upcoming experimental project Ambiancé. Running 30 days, it won’t premiere until 2020, but he’s now released the second trailer, which clocks in at 7 hours and 20 minutes (following a measly 72-minute teaser a few years back).
Filmed at Hovs Hallar in the south of Sweden (where Ingmar Bergman famously captured the iconic chess game scene in Seventh Seal), it features two performance artists, one beach, and no cuts (take that, Iñárritu!). As for the final film, it’s described as “space and time is intertwined into a surreal dream-like journey beyond places.
Filmed at Hovs Hallar in the south of Sweden (where Ingmar Bergman famously captured the iconic chess game scene in Seventh Seal), it features two performance artists, one beach, and no cuts (take that, Iñárritu!). As for the final film, it’s described as “space and time is intertwined into a surreal dream-like journey beyond places.
- 4/15/2016
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
A new trailer for Ambiance, the title that hopes to claim the world record as the longest film to date, has been released. It's 72 minutes long. List The Hollywood Reporter Reveals Hollywood's 100 Favorite Films Swedish artist Anders Weberg previews his initially-proposed 720-hour project with the "teaser" that's only available online until July 20, reports The Guardian. He plans on following this trailer with two more: one at 7 hours and 20 minutes long in 2016, and another at 72 hours long in 2018. The final film is set to be released in 2020. The current record-holder for
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- 7/11/2014
- by Ashley Lee
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The words “teaser trailer” are generally associated with the familiar notion of a video advertisement for an upcoming film that lasts for a minute or less. For example, the first teaser trailer for The Dark Knight was one minute in length and featured nothing but the voices of the stars.
But for Swedish filmmaker Anders Weberg, one minute isn’t nearly enough to tease his upcoming film Ambiancé. Ambiancé, a 720-hour film, is Weberg’s attempt to break the world record for the longest film ever made, and the first teaser trailer for Ambiancé is 72 minutes long.
The record currently...
But for Swedish filmmaker Anders Weberg, one minute isn’t nearly enough to tease his upcoming film Ambiancé. Ambiancé, a 720-hour film, is Weberg’s attempt to break the world record for the longest film ever made, and the first teaser trailer for Ambiancé is 72 minutes long.
The record currently...
- 7/11/2014
- by Samantha Highfill
- EW - Inside Movies
Promo precedes 30-day-long Swedish movie Ambiancé, a surreal dream-like epic due for release in 2020
A Swedish film-maker hoping to break the world record for the longest film of all time has released a 72-minute teaser trailer.
Anders Weberg hopes the near-feature-length promo will serve to whet audience appetites for his proposed 720-hour movie marathon, titled Ambiancé, which will be released in 2020. The director plans to release two further "trailers", one 7 hours and 20 minutes long and a second 72 hours long, in 2016 and 2018 before the final film debuts in its extended glory.
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A Swedish film-maker hoping to break the world record for the longest film of all time has released a 72-minute teaser trailer.
Anders Weberg hopes the near-feature-length promo will serve to whet audience appetites for his proposed 720-hour movie marathon, titled Ambiancé, which will be released in 2020. The director plans to release two further "trailers", one 7 hours and 20 minutes long and a second 72 hours long, in 2016 and 2018 before the final film debuts in its extended glory.
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- 7/11/2014
- by Ben Child
- The Guardian - Film News
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