For the Term of His Natural Life (1927)

Directed by

Norman Dawn

Genre

silent film

Country

Australia

Runtime

1h 41m

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 11 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

An innocent man is wrongly convicted and transported to a harsh penal colony in Australia. The film follows his struggle against brutal conditions and the cruel system that holds him.

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What happens

For the Term of His Natural Life is a 1927 Australian film based on the 1874 novel by Marcus Clarke, directed, produced and co-written by Norman Dawn. It was the most expensive Australian silent film made and remains one of the most famous Australian films of the silent era. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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• More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.