Os Lusíadas (1906)

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Portugal

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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

This is a lost Portuguese silent film from 1906. It showed a story from the famous epic poem Os Lusíadas. It was shown once at a fair in Lisbon and then vanished.

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What happens

Os Lusíadas (1906) é um filme mudo português, provavelmente uma média-metragem. Estreou em Lisboa no Salão Edison-Varona, na Feira do Campo Grande, em Lisboa a 14 de julho de 1906. Pouco se sabe sobre o filme e atualmente encontra-se desaparecido. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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