Underplayed Gems

Lost Love (1949)

Lost Love poster
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

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 Chinese film from 1949 tells a love story between a man and a woman. It was the last movie released in China before the founding of the People's Republic.

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What happens

《失去的爱情》是一部由汤晓丹执导,金焰和秦怡主演,1949年公映的的华语电影。该片是中华人民共和国成立前中国公映的最后一部电影,也是金焰和秦怡唯一的一部合作影片。中华人民共和国成立后,一些思想偏颇的导演清理片库时,认为该片与当时的大环境不适宜,而将该片母带和国泰电影公司的其它母带一起烧毁,使该片失传。不过1997年,秦怡出访马来西亚时,当地一位影迷拷贝收集了她出演的所有电影,其中包括该部失传的影片。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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