World’s longest film – it’s a 35-day epic made by two filmmakers – Entertainment News

Let’s be honest, if a movie stretches past the two-and-a-half-hour mark, most of us hesitate. If it hits three hours? Forget it. Even the critically acclaimed Oppenheimer is more of a “watch in parts” event than a single sitting for many.

So what if a film lasted 35 days and 17 hours? That’s right: 857 hours of uninterrupted viewing. Sounds like punishment, doesn’t it?

But this marathon of a film actually exists. Titled ‘Logistics’, it’s officially recognised as the world’s longest movie. Created in 2012 by Swedish artists Erika Magnusson and Daniel Andersson, the film is as much a philosophical experiment as it is an endurance test. Despite its colossal runtime, it had a crew of just two people. And the subject? The journey of a pedometer from the store shelf in Sweden back to the Chinese factory where it was made.

Yes, you read that right. The entire logistics chain, filmed in real time, plays out in reverse.

Directors’ note on the film

So why go through the painstaking process of creating something most people will never watch? According to its creators, ‘Logistics’ is a meditation on consumerism, time and the invisible labor behind modern convenience. “It brings to the fore what is often forgotten in our digital, ostensibly fast-paced world: the slow, physical freight transportation that underpins our economic reality,” the filmmakers note on their website.

Much of the film features mundane scenes like cargo ships slowly drifting across oceans, factory floors buzzing with machines, long stretches of transport across continents. There’s no narration. No dramatic arc. Just time itself unfolding.

In the art world, ‘Logistics’ has stirred debate. Some critics hail it as a radical masterpiece, an intentional rebellion against our obsession with speed, efficiency and instant gratification. Others dismiss it as self-indulgent and inaccessible — more performance art than cinema.

And yet, its mere existence challenges viewers to confront the hidden mechanics of globalization. It asks a simple question: Do you know where your stuff comes from?

For the curious but time-strapped, there’s a 72-minute cut available on YouTube. It may not have the hypnotic weight of the full version but it captures the spirit of a film that dares to stretch the boundaries of time (and our patience).

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