London
(ANI):
Cinematon,
the
world's
longest
film,
which
has
a
playtime
of
150
hours
and
has
taken
30
years
to
make
is
to
be
screened
in
France.
The
film
was
started
in
1978
and
comprises
three
and
a
half
minute
segments
of
footage
from
celebrities,
artists,
philosophers
and
journalists,
as
well
as
young
children.
Filmed
by
Gerard
Courant,
who
wanted
to
capture
the
thoughts
of
his
artistic
friends,
the
film
allowed
everyone
in
front
of
camera
to
do
anything
for
three
minutes
and
25
seconds.
The
film,
which
is
an
ongoing
project,
will
be
screened
in
Avignon
later
this
month
and
in
Paris
in
January.
The
subjects
who
feature
in
Cinematon
include
film
director
Ken
Loach,
actors
Roberto
Benigni
and
Samuel
Fuller,
chess
grandmaster
Joel
Lautier
and
former
Monty
Python
Terry
Gilliam.
Gilliam
was
filmed
in
1985
when
Courant
happened
to
bump
into
him
at
the
film
festival
in
Deauville,
France.
"He
started
off
to
one
(of
the
camera),
then
came
into
the
shot.
He
played
with
the
frame,
exiting
and
entering,
and
ate
a
100
Franc
note,
making
it
into
a
little
ball," the
Telegraph
quoted
Courant
as
telling
The
Independent.
"He
never
stopped
playing
with
the
square,
and
never
lost
sight
of
the
limit
of
the
frame.
The
three
minutes
and
25
seconds
with
him
is
a
true
sketch,"
he
added.
Initially,
Courant
only
wanted
to
film100
short
portraits
and
edit
them
together
for
his
project,
but
the
concept
proved
so
popular
that
he
kept
filming.
One
of
his
favourite
sketches
is
that
of
a
seven-month-old
baby:
"It
shows
the
whole
spectrum
of
human
emotion
in
less
than
four
minutes," he
said.