A Wife's Life (1950)

Directed by

Dave O'Brien

Genre

comedy

Country

United States

Runtime

8 min

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 1 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

This short film presents a comedic look at the daily struggles of a housewife. It uses a fake documentary style to poke fun at domestic life in the 1950s.

comediclightheartedplayfulfast-paceddry humorobservationalsatiricalnostalgic

What happens

A Wife's Life is an eight-minute film made in 1950 by filmmaker Pete Smith, who also narrates. It was directed by Dave O'Brien and written by Dave O'Brien and Julian Harmon. The film is narrated in Smith's classic nasal, matter-of-fact comedic style and is presented as a mockumentary of sorts. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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