There's a very special kind of torture in mind-numbing boredom, and filmmaker Charlie Lyne used it to his advantage.

Members of the British Board of Film Classification – the organization that censors all films, videos and DVDs released in the United Kingdom – were subjected to a screening of Lyne's 10-hour film, "Paint Drying," for an official rating.



He raised the money necessary to submit the film for certification via a Kickstarter campaign.

Lyne made the movie in protest of the current UK film rating system. All films must carry a BBFC certificate in order to be released in theaters unless a local authority permits otherwise, which, Lyne contends, places considerable financial and creative limitations on filmmakers.

The BBFC charges a bit over 101 pounds (approximately $145) for submission, and an extra fee of roughly seven pounds (approximately $10) for each minute of the movie's length.

"Getting [a BBFC certificate] doesn't just open you up to censorship; it also costs a lot of money," Lyne explains in a video on his Kickstarter page. "And for a lot of filmmakers, that makes putting on even a single screening impractical."

"Luckily, there's a flip side to all of this," he continues, "because while filmmakers are obliged to pay the BBFC to certify their work, the BBFC are also obliged to sit through whatever we pay them to watch in cinema conditions."

He then asked funders to help him make the film "Paint Drying" – which is exactly what it sounds like – as long as possible. He ended up raising 5,936 pounds (about $8,500), good for a little over 10 hours of film.