Once Upon a Time, Cinema (1992)
- Original title
- ناصرالدین شاه، آکتور سینما
- Directed by
- Mohsen Makhmalbaf
- Genre
- drama film, comedy film
- Country
- Iran
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Rating
- 6.4 of 10 from 10 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 black-and-white fantasy comedy that uses clips from old Iranian silent films. It parodies early cinema conventions through a story about a character from the past discovering filmmaking.
whimsicalnostalgicplayfulparodiclightheartedmetainventive
What happens
Once Upon a Time, Cinema (Persian: ناصرالدینشاه آکتور سینما, lit. 'Naser al-din Shah, Actor of Cinema') is a 1992 Iranian fantasy comedy film, written and directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf. The film includes clips from old Iranian films from the silent age onwards. Made in black-and-white (with a brief colour sequence), it parodies many of the conventions of silent slapstick comedy and early fantasy films. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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