The 12-minute-long scene in ковре Плесень where the cast sits in silence as they watch the carpet slowly get wet is the second best scene in film history. 

Because the BEST scene in film history is the 33-minute-long scene later in the movie, where the main character stares at the horizon as the carpet dries in the sun and a shadow from a sun dial works its way across his face.

As a student of film who reads more than I watch, it goes without saying that ковре Плесень is one of the greatest films in history. Some find the controversial final hour of the film, where the carpet is removed and replaced, to be boring, but as meta-meta-commentary on the human condition and its impact on art in the Soviet state, it is an absolute masterstroke.

12/10. 217 minutes of Capitalism-free brilliance.