The Clock: A 24-Hour Movie

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And you thought Schindler's List was long? At 3 hours, 15 minutes, it's a trailer compared to a film called The Clock, which clocks in at 24 hours. Directed by Christian Marclay, The Clock is a mash-up of more than a thousand movie clips – even Marclay doesn't know how many. Each shows characters discussing the time, or a clock in the frame, so that the film itself functions as a timekeeping device. Sounds more like an endurance test than a work of art, but it's a surprisingly popular one: last summer, four thousand people showed up for a screening at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Among them, one man stayed the duration without a wink or – he claims – even a bathroom break. KCRW's Matt Holzman found out what makes The Clock so watchable. The Clock is screening at Lincoln Center in New York through August 1. (Originally aired: July 22, 2011)    Slideshow: Christian Marclay's The Clock
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