Slow Poison (1967)
- Directed by
- Oscar Whitbread
- 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 television play about a person or group dealing with a corrosive threat. The drama unfolds over a single evening in a confined setting.
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What happens
"Slow Poison" is the second television play episode of the second season of the Australian anthology television series Australian Playhouse. "Slow Poison" was produced in Melbourne by Oscar Whitbread, written by Allan Trevor. and originally aired on ABC on 22 April 1967, 19 June 1967 in Melbourne and 31 July 1967 in Canberra>. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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The Runaway (1966)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.