Metropolisforever Posted January 8, 2008 Share Posted January 8, 2008 How long does a movie need to be to be considered a "feature"? The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the American Film Institute, and the British Film Institute all define a feature as a film with a running time of 40 minutes or longer. The "Centre national de la cin?matographie" in France defines it as a 35 mm film which is longer than 1,600 meters, which comes out to exactly 58 minutes and 29 seconds for sound films, and the Screen Actors Guild gives a minimum running time of 80 minutes. Usually a feature film is between 90 and 210 minutes; a children's film is usually between 60 and 120 minutes. An anthology film is a fixed sequence of short subjects with a common theme, combined into a feature film. IN MY OPINION: Feature film = 60 minutes or more. What do you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
movieman1957 Posted January 8, 2008 Share Posted January 8, 2008 My opinion is the same as yours. Although it now seems Hollywood thinks the longer the movie the better the movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metropolisforever Posted January 8, 2008 Author Share Posted January 8, 2008 Actually, Hollywood has been making a lot of shorter films in recent times. Most modern Hollywood movies are around two hours long - that's pretty short. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joefilmone Posted January 8, 2008 Share Posted January 8, 2008 A feature film should run over 60 minutes- anything less would be a short subject- movies now are just too long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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