Quartet (1948)
- Directed by
- Ralph Smart, Ken Annakin, Arthur Crabtree, Harold French
- Genre
- comedy drama
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 2h
- Rating
- 6.3 of 10 from 16 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.
How it feels
This British film presents four separate short stories written by W. Somerset Maugham. Each segment follows characters dealing with matters of love, marriage, or social expectations. The author himself appears between the stories to offer brief commentary.
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What happens
Quartet is a 1948 British anthology film with four segments, each based on a story by W. Somerset Maugham. The author appears at the start and end of the movie to introduce the stories and comment about his writing career. It was successful enough to produce two sequels, Trio (1950) and Encore (1951), and popularised the compendium film format, leading to films such as O. Henry's Full House in 1952. The screenplays for the stories were all written by R. C. Sherriff. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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