The Square (1994)
- Original title
- 广场
- Directed by
- Zhang Yuan
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- People's Republic of China
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Rating
- 8.0 of 10 from 1 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
This documentary films a day at Tiananmen Square in the early 1990s. It shows ordinary people doing daily activities in the public space.
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What happens
The Square is a 1994 Chinese documentary film directed by Zhang Yuan. It is Zhang's first true documentary film, after two documentary-influenced fiction films: Mama and Beijing Bastards. Filmed in black and white, The Square documents a day in the life of Tiananmen Square a few years after the events of 1989. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Out of Phoenix Bridge (1997)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.