Joseph Kilian (1964)

Original title

Postava k podpírání

Directed by

Jan Schmidt, Pavel Juráček

Genre

short film, drama film, parable

Country

Czechoslovakia

Runtime

38 min

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 21 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.

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How it feels

A man tries to adopt a cat in a strange bureaucratic process. He encounters odd officials and perplexing rules in an increasingly surreal situation.

surrealabsurdistatmosphericmysteriousslow-pacedmelancholicoffbeatcontemplative

What happens

Joseph Kilian (Czech: Postava k podpírání), also known as Josef Kilián, is a 1963 short Czech drama film directed by Pavel Juráček and Jan Schmidt. It was released in 1964. The movie belongs to the Czech New Wave. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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