A Bird in a Gilded Cage (1957)
- Country
- Australia
- 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
A short television play set in Victorian times. It follows characters caught in a melodramatic situation during a period when Australian TV drama was uncommon.
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What happens
A Bird in a Gilded Cage is a short 10-minute Australian television play. It was one of the rare Australian dramas at the time. It was the first screen credit for Patricia Hooker who in 1960 called it "just a 10-minute Victorian melodrama... but it's a good start and has inspired me to begin another television play - a half-hour effort this time." Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Ending It (1957)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.