Make a Day of It: Your Essential Films Over Three Hours Long

A New York Times Critic’s Pick, C.W. Winter and Anders Edström’s eight-hour film, The Works and Days (of Tayoko Shiojiri in the Shiotani Basin), is an immersion unlike any other. The opus follows Tayoko Shiojiri, a vegetable farmer who works and cares for her ailing husband in a small village north of Kyoto, Japan. and explores a rural way of life that is fading into the past. Now playing in our theaters—in full—through Thursday, the NYFF58 Currents selection is a “necessity of the theatrical experience,” said Film Comment. In honor of the film opening for a week, we asked the FLC community for their favorite films over three hours long.

The selections ranged from classics like Béla Tarr’s Sátántangó and Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles to contemporary favorites like Mariano Llinás’ La Flor and Hu Bo’s An Elephant Sitting Still. Explore the wide range of responses below and view all of the films on our Letterboxd!

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The Irishman https://t.co/yDpaWvTvgp pic.twitter.com/ILqUfV0qdm
— Iggy Pop (@ricziggy) July 19, 2021

The Leopard (1963) https://t.co/riW4laZ5qN pic.twitter.com/djHPHTnmHn
— Ann-Marie (@cinemabooknerd) July 17, 2021

Amadeus (extended cut) https://t.co/PdZ9V5ZcZV pic.twitter.com/CR45rSALbr
— Abishekkumar (@Abishek44849770) July 17, 2021

LOVE EXPOSURE (2008) https://t.co/VyEdY97mqq pic.twitter.com/TdC33KZMWx
— LETS TALK MOVIE (@LetstalkMovie_) July 16, 2021

https://t.co/20vEWdq006 pic.twitter.com/7GuHQEJByj
— Miguel (@Migueldlve) July 20, 2021

https://twitter.com/tinabbae/status/1416305114063654917

La belle noiseuse de Rivette
(puisque "Céline et Julie" est déjà pris) pic.twitter.com/D95JjeZCr5
— Gérard Cohen (@grardcohen) July 16, 2021

https://twitter.com/carman_yan/status/1416399853450665985

A Brighter Summer Day pic.twitter.com/lBR28qXzvh
— FinnegansBake (@FinnegansBake) July 16, 2021

https://twitter.com/gregshells/status/1416361180474511361

https://twitter.com/eno_erif/status/1416143399527276547

https://twitter.com/Gar_Stiger/status/1416106690412302337

https://twitter.com/Taegel/status/1416308387030061063

https://twitter.com/magshenny/status/1416101020183244802

https://twitter.com/Roger_TarragoB/status/1416379654156525574

https://twitter.com/Altartist1/status/1416419939410399241

https://twitter.com/ericsylvester/status/1416392452727001095

Until the End of the World, 1991, Wenders pic.twitter.com/dtN39cBby2
— RossMan Digital Collection (@DigitalRossman) July 16, 2021

https://twitter.com/JemSee/status/1416162739244965888

https://twitter.com/Nerudaearth1/status/1416137938572922886

Barry Lyndon (Kubrick, 1975), 3hrs 23mins pic.twitter.com/02xRCOlFZz
— Dale Edwin Wittig (@ArteBarrato) July 16, 2021

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