Always on Sunday (1965)
- Directed by
- Ken Russell
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 45 min
- Rating
- 6.5 of 10 from 6 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
This British television film is a dramatized documentary about the painter Henri Rousseau. It shows his life and art through scenes acted by a lookalike painter who had never performed before.
informativebiographicalgentlecontemplativeplayfulnostalgicaffectionatetender
What happens
Always on Sunday is a 1965 British television film directed by Ken Russell about Henri Rousseau. It was written by Russell and Melvyn Bragg for the Monitor series. Russell's first fully dramatised biopic, the narrator was Oliver Reed. The part of Rousseau was played by painter James Lloyd who had never acted before. Russell said he would not have made the film had Lloyd not so closely resembled Rousseau. The director said: "Not only is there a strong physical resemblance but he and Rousseau are very much alike in character - strong and gentle." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Magritte: The False Mirror (1970)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.