The Schippan Mystery (1984)
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- Australia
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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
This TV film dramatizes the 1902 murder of Bertha Schippa in Australia. It follows the investigation and events surrounding a real historical crime case.
historicalsombermethodicalrestrainedunsettlinggloomyslow-pacedperiod-adjacent
What happens
The Schippan Mystery is a 1984 Australian television film about the murder of Bertha Schippan in 1902. Written by Kenneth G. Ross, and directed by Di Drew, it was last of four telemovies called Verdict produced by the ABC dramatising real cases (the others being The Dean Case, The Amorous Dentist and Who Killed Hannah Jane?). It is the only one of the four cases set outside of New South Wales. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Every Move She Makes (1984)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.