Come See the Paradise (1990)
- Directed by
- Alan Parker
- Genre
- drama film, war film, prison film, romance film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 2h 18m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 6.3 of 10 from 59 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 white man and a Japanese American woman fall in love before World War II. After Pearl Harbor, her family is forced into an internment camp and he struggles to reunite with them.
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What happens
Come See the Paradise is a 1990 American historical drama film written and directed by Alan Parker, and starring Dennis Quaid and Tamlyn Tomita. Set before and during World War II, the film depicts the treatment of Japanese Americans in the United States following the attack on Pearl Harbor, and the subsequent loss of civil liberties within the framework of a love story. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Forbidden Nights (1990)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.