The Pickle (1993)
- Directed by
- Paul Mazursky
- Genre
- comedy drama
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 5.0 of 10 from 14 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 film director who used to be successful now has to make a movie he thinks is terrible. He deals with his artistic compromises and the absurd demands of Hollywood.
satiricalmelancholicself-awarewryreflectiveglumfrustrated
What happens
The Pickle is a 1993 American comedy film produced, written, and directed by Paul Mazursky, telling the story of a formerly powerful film director whose recent string of flops has forced him to make a commercial piece that is artistically uninspired. The absurdity of the film within the film satirizes big-budget Hollywood pictures, while the rest of the story serves as a character study of fictitious film director Harry Stone. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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