Underplayed Gems

Por Primera Vez (1967)

Por Primera Vez poster
Directed by
Octavio Cortázar
Genre
documentary film
Runtime
10 min
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

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 mobile cinema truck brings the first film screening ever to a remote Cuban mountain village in 1967. The documentary shows the villagers watching Charlie Chaplin's Modern Times and their genuine reactions to the movie.

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What happens

Por Primera Vez est un court-métrage documentaire cubain, réalisé par Octavio Cortázar en 1967. Le 12 avril 1967, un ciné-mobile (camion qui permet de projeter des films) arrive dans le village reculé de Los Munos, dans le massif montagneux de Sierra Maestra, à Cuba et vient projeter Les temps modernes de Charlie Chaplin (1936). Les villageois découvrent un film pour la première fois. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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