Third Person Plural (1978)
- Directed by
- James Ricketson
- Country
- Australia
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Rating
- 8.0 of 10 from 1 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 small group of actors and a director collaboratively developed a film about relationships. The story follows characters played by Bryan Brown and others as they navigate personal tensions. The movie was shot with a handheld camera and mixes improvised and scripted dialogue.
improvisationalintimateexperimentallow-budgetcharacter-drivennaturalisticrough-edgedhandheld
What happens
Third Person Plural is a 1978 film directed by James Ricketson and starring Bryan Brown. The script was devised by the actors and director in a workshop. Cinematographer Martha Ansara also appears in the film. Ricketson has since called the film an "experiment": I just wanted to see whether it would be possible to make a film on that small budget, shoot the whole thing with a hand-held camera, integrate improvised dialogue with scripted dialogue, work with a small core of actors on a character-based piece, which is what I did, and then to approach the editing of the film in an innovative way. Now, I happen not to like the film myself. Having done the film - it was fun to do it - I decided that I didn't like it, and it certainly wasn't the direction that I wanted to go in. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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