Presents (1981)
- Directed by
- Michael Snow
- Genre
- fantasy
- Country
- Canada
- Runtime
- 1h 39m
- Rating
- 6.6 of 10 from 7 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 film begins with a scratch in the celluloid that opens into another film. A woman wakes up in a fake set, and the set itself moves instead of the camera. The camera later invades the set and crushes objects, then pushes through a wall into rapid shots that mimic natural vision, with a drumbeat marking each edit.
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