Five (1951)
- Directed by
- Arch Oboler
- Genre
- science fiction film, post-apocalyptic film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- Rated
- 18A
- Rating
- 6.6 of 10 from 39 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
The last five people on Earth gather at a remote house after a nuclear war destroys humanity. They struggle to survive and cope with their new reality.
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What happens
Five is a 1951 American independent horror/science-fiction film that was produced, written and directed by Arch Oboler. The film stars William Phipps, Susan Douglas Rubeš, James Anderson, Charles Lampkin and Earl Lee. Five was distributed by Columbia Pictures. The film's plot involves one woman and four men, the apparent sole survivors of a war using a new type of atomic bomb. It appears to have annihilated the rest of the human race while leaving all infrastructure intact. The five people meet at a remote, isolated hillside house, where they try to determine how to survive and come to terms with the loss of their own personal worlds. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Deadland (2009)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.