
Logistics
2012
Insufficient evidence
We did not find enough credible, independent evidence to publish a numeric cash-grab score. Unrated is more honest than a guess.
What counts as a cash grab?
Commercial extraction prioritized over meaningful consumer or creative value. Profit, popularity, adaptations, sequels, remakes, high budgets, and normal marketing do not count by themselves.
Why?
Logistics (2012) is an artist project by Erika Magnusson and Daniel Andersson that documents a reverse supply-chain journey in real time over 37 days, yielding a 51,420 minute durational film. The official project site records exhibitions at Kulturhuset and festival screenings, lists grant funding and corporate logistical collaborators, and provides a full film stream link, while scholarly discussion treats it as a durational art work rather than a commercial product. I found no credible evidence of predatory monetization, deceptive release practices, or paywalled distribution.
- Official project site documents grant funding, institutional exhibitions, and a public stream rather than paid exploitation.
- The work was filmed in real time across weeks and is discussed in scholarship as durational art, indicating substantial original production effort.
- Exhibited as multiweek installations and festival screenings, not a rushed theatrical commercial release.
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Score factors
| Direction | Factor | Evidence | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against | Accessible distribution | The official Logistics Art Project site links to a full film stream on YouTube and documents public multiweek exhibitions, indicating open access rather than paywalled commercial distribution.[1] | -9 |
| Against | Grant-funded, collaborative production | Project materials state funding by Innovativ Kultur foundation and Kulturbryggan and logistical support from companies such as Maersk and DHL, consistent with an art project supported by grants and partners.[1] | -14 |
| Against | Substantive original durational work | Logistics was filmed in real time across the full freight route, creating a continuous 37 day durational documentary regarded by sources as the longest film ever made.[1] | -15 |
Confidence: Low · No source-backed commercial-extraction signal was found. · Researched 2026-09-05
Sources reviewed
- [1]logisticsartproject.com
- [2]en.wikipedia.org
- [3]en.wikipedia.org
- [4]watch.plex.tv
- [5]en.wikipedia.org
- [6]www.filmweb.pl
- [7]escoladasartes.autonoma.pt
- [8]www.imdb.com
- [9]curiousmatrix.com
- [10]www.looper.com