Boom! (1968)
- Directed by
- Joseph Losey
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Runtime
- 2h 19m
- Rated
- PG
- Rating
- 5.9 of 10 from 39 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 wealthy woman dying of an illness lives alone on a Mediterranean island. A mysterious man arrives and changes her isolated routine.
melancholicslow-burntheatricalclaustrophobicmoodyintrospectivestylizedpoetic
What happens
Boom! is a 1968 drama film directed by Joseph Losey, adapted by Tennessee Williams from his 1963 stage play The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore. It stars Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton and Noël Coward. The film centers on a wealthy, terminally-ill woman living in seclusion on a Mediterranean island (Taylor), whose existence is disrupted by the arrival of a mysterious, possibly-mystical man (Burton). The film premiered on May 26, 1968. Though Boom! was a critical and commercial disappointment on initial release, Tennessee Williams considered it the best film adaptation of one of his plays. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Ici et maintenant (1968)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.