60 HOUR Movie! Can Final Cut Pro Handle My Movie??

I'm currently working on an art film, which when completed will be around 60+ hours. My assumption is that I'll have to get an enormous external hard drive to store all the files + playback. I planned on playing the film off of the external drive through a laptop and then to a monitor. My question is can Final Cut Pro handle a film of this length if I have the storage, and can anyone see any issues I may encounter with the mentioned setup? Any advice, or insight would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.

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As an artist, I have trouble with the whole idea but, admittedly, that's just me. If you're an artist, you've got thick skin. If you don't have thick skin, you can't afford this project.

I just came back and removed several 'graphs of pithy advice. I shall sum it all up by saying simply, "Dude, go for it."

bogiesan

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How much are you going to pay people to watch this thing?
I could use two and a half days sleep.

Andy

Quad 8GB. 250+500 HDs. G-Raid 1TB. NORTON. FCP 5.1.2. QT 7.1.3. Sony HVR Z1E Mac OS X (10.4.7)
"I've taught you all I know, and still you know nothing".

Does anyone remember Chantal Ackerman, Belgian experimental filmmaker? She was at NYU in the very early 70's. Made a film called "letters from home."

She used 1200' half hour 16mm loads in an old Auricon camera and the 2 hour feature was 4 shots, 1/2 hour each. The sound track was ambience from the locations and her reading the letters she got from her parents.

Excruciating. She had a later, art house film, the title of which I can't remember, that was actually better. She had this real-time fetish. When someone set about making dinner, you watched her peel ALL the potatoes. Take a bath? Watch the tub fill up.

Oh well.

I can imagine it, Jim.

Some of us have better things to do with our lives!

Andy

Quad 8GB. 250+500 HDs. G-Raid 1TB. NORTON. FCP 5.1.2. QT 7.1.3. Sony HVR Z1E Mac OS X (10.4.7)
"I've taught you all I know, and still you know nothing".

I'm currently working on an art film, which when completed will be around 60+ hours.

Good grief, that must be how Peter Jackson got started. 😉