Papertrail (1998)
- Directed by
- Damian Lee
- Genre
- thriller film
- Country
- Canada
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- Rating
- 4.8 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 loner detective is pulled back into an old unsolved serial killer case that ruined his personal life. A psychiatrist from a therapy group has been getting calls from the killer, forcing the detective to confront the past.
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What happens
Papertrail is a 1998 Canadian thriller film produced, co-written and directed by Damian Lee, starring Chris Penn, Michael Madsen and Chad McQueen (who is also credited as executive producer). In it, a loner detective is brought back to the unsolved serial killer case that once destroyed his social life, when he is asked to attend a therapy group whose psychiatrist has been receiving phone calls from the perpetrator. On North American home video, the film was renamed Trail of a Serial Killer, while it is known as Serial Cops in the U.K. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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While My Pretty One Sleeps (1997)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.