Prima Donna (1959)

Directed by

Alan Burke

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.

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How it feels

A singer navigates the pressures of putting on an opera performance. The story focuses on the emotional highs and lows of preparing for the show.

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What happens

Prima Donna is a 1959 television play broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. It was an adaptation of an opera by Arthur Benjamin and was directed by Alan Burke. It was the first of several operas Burke would direct. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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