Avatar 2
Thousands of people around the world are rushing to the cinema to see Avatar 2. The second chapter of James Cameron's saga, more precisely entitled Avatar: La via dell'acqua , is quickly starting to surpass the record set by the first film released 13 years ago. Even those who appreciate the umpteenth titanic undertaking of this visionary director, however, sometimes complain about the monstrous length of the film: in fact, to follow the new events of the characters in Pandora, you have to stay in the theater for 3 hours and 12 minutes. On the web, ironically, there are those who speak of kidnapping, but after all the trend of recent years is precisely to lengthen the various blockbusters (the latest The Batman lasts 2 hours and 56 minutes, The Fablemans 2 hours and 31 minutes, Top Gun: Maverick 2 hours 11 and so on). In the history of cinema, however, there are several titles that have exceeded these durations and beat Avatar 2 by far :Novecento (5h 17m)
Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.Among the longest films in history, Bernardo Bertolucci's masterpiece, Novecento, could not be missing: presented out of competition at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival, it is a blockbuster set in Emilia which follows the parallel lives of Alfredo Berlinghieri and Olmo Dalcò, landowner and farmer respectively, born on the same day but destined for completely opposite existences, thus tracing a fresco of Italian society and of history in general.
Napoleon (5h 32m)
Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.One of the most innovative films of the time, Napoleon by the Frenchman Abel Gance (in the original Napoléon vu par Abel Gance) is considered one of the masterpieces of silent cinema. Released in 1927, it tells the first years of the rise of the French general.
The Works and Days (of Tayoko Shiojiri in the Shiotani Basin) (8h)
Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.Submitted at the 2020 Berlin Film Festival, the film directed by C.W. Winter and Anders Edström depicts rural village life in the Shiotani Basin, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. In its eight hours of running time, the film has the opportunity to focus on all 47 inhabitants of the village and in particular on Tayoko, an old woman who isa> preparing to say goodbye to her deceased husband.
Out 1 ( 12h 55m)
Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.Although often divided into eight parts of 90-100 minutes each, the 1971 film Out 1: Noli Me Tangere by French directors Jacques Rivette and Suzanne Schiffman was conceived as a nearly 13-hour feature film. After all, his inspiration is La Comédie Humaine by Honoré de Balzac, and in particular the collection of The Story of the Thirteen, where the lives of different characters apparently unrelated to each other are followed until their inevitable intertwining.
Amra Ekta Cinema Banabo (21h 5m)
Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.Released in 2019, this Bangladeshi film (whose title literally means “We will a film”, but often released under the English title The Innocence ) is probably the longest in the history of cinema, if we exclude the more experimental ones. The film tells stories of love, dreams, politics and revolution after the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War and it took director Ashraf Shishir nearly 10 years to finish it.