Morning Patrol (1987)
- Original title
- Πρωινή Περίπολος
- Directed by
- Nikos Nikolaidis
- Genre
- art film, post-apocalyptic film
- Country
- Greece
- Runtime
- 1h 48m
- Rating
- 6.8 of 10 from 36 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
In a post-apocalyptic city, a woman walks alone through empty streets each morning. She encounters a mysterious man and they share sparse conversations drawn from classic literature. The film focuses on their isolation and the quiet dread of their surroundings.
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What happens
Morning Patrol (Greek: Πρωινή Περίπολος, romanized: Proini Peripolos) is a 1987 Greek science fiction art film directed by Nikos Nikolaidis. It introduced a new iconography to Nikolaidis' work and contains several elements somewhat resembling the thriller genre and post-apocalyptic science fiction. The film has an elaborate yet simple script of strongly contrasting moods. The film's dialogue contains excerpts taken from published works authored by Daphne du Maurier, Philip K. Dick, Raymond Chandler, and Herman Raucher. It received the Best Director Award and the Greek National Ministry of Culture Award at the Thessaloniki Festival of Greek Cinema in October 1987, where Dinos Katsouridis also won the Best Cinematographer Award and Marie-Louise Bartholomew also won the Best Art Director Award. The film went on further to be officially selected for screening at Fantasporto in February 1989 where it was nominated for the International Fantasy Film Award and it was also officially selected for screening at the Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival in January 1987 where it was nominated for the Grand Prize. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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