Matula (1941)
- Directed by
- Tan Tjoei Hock
- Country
- Dutch East Indies
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.
How it feels
A young man seeks to become handsome by a shaman, but the payment demanded is a woman's soul. This black-and-white film from 1941 shows his attempt to deliver it.
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What happens
Matula ([maˈtula]) is a 1941 film from the Dutch East Indies (present-day Indonesia) which was directed by Tan Tjoei Hock and produced by The Teng Chun of Java Industrial Film. The black-and-white film, now likely lost, follows a young man who tries to give a woman's soul to a shaman as payment for being made handsome. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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