Keep the Aspidistra Flying (1997)

Directed by

Robert Bierman

Genre

drama film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 41m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 19 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.

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How it feels

A struggling writer in 1930s London tries to reject consumerist society and remain poor. His girlfriend wants him to take a steady advertising job so they can get married.

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What happens

Keep the Aspidistra Flying (released in the United States, New Zealand, South Africa and Zimbabwe as A Merry War) is a 1997 British romantic comedy-drama film directed by Robert Bierman and based on the 1936 novel by George Orwell. The screenplay was written by Alan Plater and was produced by Peter Shaw. The film stars Richard E. Grant and Helena Bonham Carter. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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