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Today, Explained

Are movies too long now?

Today, Explained

Vox

Daily News, Politics, News

4.49.5K Ratings

🗓️ 8 December 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

No, movies aren’t getting longer. Even though, yes, it definitely does feel like they are. Slate’s Sam Adams makes it make sense. This episode was produced by Victoria Chamberlin, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Isabel Angell, engineered by David Herman, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Today explained to Sean Ramos' Room.

0:02.0

When I went to see Killers of the Flower Moon,

0:04.1

it was an experience.

0:06.2

And I'm not even talking about the movie experience.

0:07.8

The experience started the night before

0:09.8

when I had to make sure I got enough sleep

0:11.3

to see a three and a half hour movie on Saturday and it

0:13.7

continued all day that Saturday when I have to make sure I didn't do too much so I wasn't exhausted

0:18.4

by the time I got to the 3.5 hour movie and the experience really started to hit in the hours before the 3

0:23.9

and a half hour movie when I had to think about eating and drinking.

0:26.8

Don't eat too much or you'll be tired but eat enough that you'll not be

0:30.7

hungry and don't drink too much or you'll have to leave for the toilette, but drink enough to not be parched and I pulled it off

0:36.8

I didn't fall asleep. I didn't need the bathroom, but I was still wanting an intermission Marty. I don't know.

0:44.0

I don't know what she said, but it must have been Indian for handsome devil.

0:48.0

Why does it seem like movies are so dang long now?

0:54.0

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1:00.0

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