It (1989)

Original title

Оно

Directed by

Sergey Ovcharov

Genre

comedy drama, satirical film

Country

Soviet Union

Runtime

2h 10m

Rating

5.3 of 10 from 11 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.

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How it feels

This Soviet film is a satirical adaptation of a 19th century novel. It shows the absurd and dystopian history of a fictional town to mock the Soviet Union.

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What happens

It (Russian: Оно, romanized: Ono) is a 1989 Soviet historical comedy-drama film directed by Sergei Ovcharov and based on the satirical novel The History of a Town by Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin. While Saltykov-Shchedrin's novel was written in the 19th century, It was filmed as a satire on the Soviet Union, which is portrayed in the film in a dystopian and surreal way. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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