Underplayed Gems

Opening Day of Close-Up (1996)

Opening Day of Close-Up poster
Original title
Il giorno della prima di Close Up
Directed by
Nanni Moretti
Genre
comedy film
Country
Italy
Runtime
7 min
Rating
5.4 of 10 from 40 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

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

Nanni Moretti makes a short film about the day his movie Close-Up premiered at Cannes. It shows his experiences and feelings around that event.

lightheartedself-awarewhimsicalreflectiveplayfulintimatelow-keynostalgic

What happens

Opening Day of Close-Up (Italian: Il giorno della prima di Close Up) is a 1996 Italian short film directed by Nanni Moretti. It was screened out of competition at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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