The Purple Rose of Cairo
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
In the 1930s, a woman endures a difficult marriage and escapes into movies. When a character from a film steps off the screen and into her life, their romance blurs the line between fiction and reality.
whimsicalmelancholicromanticgentlefantasticalbittersweetlow-keynostalgic
What happens
The Purple Rose of Cairo is a 1985 American period fantasy romantic tragicomedy film, written and directed by Woody Allen. Set in Depression-era New Jersey, it stars Mia Farrow as a film lover who flees her abusive husband (Danny Aiello) after a film character (Jeff Daniels) falls in love with her and enters the real world. It is inspired by metafictional works such as the films Sherlock Jr. (1924) and Hellzapoppin' (1941) and the play Six Characters in Search of an Author (1921). The Purple Rose of Cairo was released on March 1, 1985 by Orion Pictures. It won the BAFTA Award for Best Film, while Allen received several screenwriting nominations, including at the Academy Awards, the BAFTA Awards, and the Writers Guild of America Awards. Allen has ranked it among his best films. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
More like this
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Ever Since Eve (1921)
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Roses and Thorns- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.