Underplayed Gems

405 (2000)

405 poster
Directed by
Jeremy Hunt, Bruce Branit
Genre
comedy film, action film, thriller film
Country
United States
Runtime
3 min
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 17 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

A plane makes an emergency landing on a crowded highway. A group of drivers and passengers scramble to avoid disaster.

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What happens

405 is a three-minute film released in June 2000. It was produced by Bruce Branit and Jeremy Hunt on a US$300 budget, using significantly self-taught skills with personal computers. 405 is also one of the earliest viral videos. It immediately became notable as an early example of the revolution in digital filmmaking and the use of broadband Internet as a channel to distribute media, and the results rival that of many major film and television production studios at the time. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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