The Twelve Pound Look (1956)
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- Australia
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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
An early live television adaptation of J.M. Barrie's play about a woman seeking independence. It was the first drama broadcast on Australian TV in 1956.
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What happens
The Twelve Pound Look is an Australian 1956 live television play, based on a version by British playwright J.M. Barrie, it was significant because it was the first drama production to be televised in that country, it was broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC) in black and white on there New South Wales station in Sydney ABN-2 on the opening night and the following year in Melbourne. Being that the production was based on a play by British playwright J.M. Barrie, in the early days of Australian television it was common for dramas to be versions of overseas stories. Kinescope recording existed at the time, and a copy of the play was made - it survives, albeit without sound. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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