The Cube (1969)
- Directed by
- Jim Henson
- Genre
- science fiction film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 53 min
- Rating
- 7.1 of 10 from 30 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 man finds himself trapped inside a strange featureless white room with no clear exit. He encounters a series of visitors who each offer different explanations and advice about his predicament.
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What happens
The Cube is an hourlong teleplay that first aired on the weekly anthology series NBC Experiment in Television in 1969. Produced and directed by puppeteer and filmmaker Jim Henson, it was one of several experiments with the live-action genre he conducted before focusing primarily on the Muppets and other puppet works. Screenplay coauthor Jerry Juhl subsequently served as the Muppets head writer for nearly four decades. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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