On Such a Night (1956)
- Directed by
- Anthony Asquith
- Genre
- comedy, drama, music
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 37 min
- Rating
- 10.0 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.
How it feels
An American visits the Glyndebourne opera house for the first time. The film shows the opera house and includes parts of a performance of Le nozze di Figaro.
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What happens
On Such a Night is a 1955 British short semi-documentary film directed by Anthony Asquith and starring David Night, Marie Lohr and Josephine Griffin. It was written by Paul Dehn. The film offers a snapshot of the Glyndebourne opera house in the 1950s, including extracts from Le nozze di Figaro, and a fictional first visit to the opera house by an American. According to British musicologist Rodney Milnes the film was "very discreetly aimed at potential American audiences fascinated by British eccentricities". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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