Movies like The Scent of Green Papaya and 2001: A Space Odyssey use this idea, but in reverse: the directors chose to have uncomfortably long sequences where t

Movies like The Scent of Green Papaya and 2001: A Space Odyssey use this idea, but in reverse: the directors chose to have uncomfortably long sequences where the viewer notices that not much has happened in the last several minutes of viewing time, and it imparts on the viewer the desired sense (of loneliness, of boredom).