Tristesse des anthropophages (1966)
- Directed by
- Jean-Denis Bonan
- Genre
- horror film
- Country
- France
- Runtime
- 23 min
- Rating
- 5.0 of 10 from 3 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
A surreal short film from 1966 that uses cannibalism as a metaphor to skewer political and social systems. Banned by French censors, it was screened in secret until it found a wider audience during the student protests of May 1968.
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What happens
Tristesse des anthropophages est un court métrage français de Jean-Denis Bonan réalisé en 1966. Il s'agit d'une farce politique et sociale à caractère surréaliste, et aussitôt interdite par la censure en France. Bravant l’interdiction, le surréaliste Ado Kyrou et l’exploitant Philippe Joyeux le projetteront clandestinement à de nombreuses reprises dès 1967. En mai 1968, le court métrage est diffusé à Paris au cinéma Les 3 Luxembourg occupé par les étudiants contestataires. Tristesse des anthropophages sortira en salles début 2015, en complément de programme du long métrage inédit La Femme-bourreau (1968-2014) - distributeur : Luna Park Films. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Et Cetera (1966)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.