Underplayed Gems

Where the Trains Used to Go (2003)

Where the Trains Used to Go poster
Original title
Smale spor av et århundre
Directed by
Morten Skallerud
Genre
documentary film
Country
Norway
Runtime
5 min
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 9 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 camera rides along a narrow abandoned railway track in Norway, showing the overgrown path frame by frame. The film captures the forgotten route and the landscape around it.

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What happens

Smale spor av et århundre (engelsk: Where Trains Used to Go) er en animert kortfilm regissert og fotografert av Morten Skallerud. Filmen består av sammensatte bilde-for-bilde opptak fra et kamera montert på en rigg som kjører og viser en smal nedlagt jernbane. Den er den første norske filmen filmet på storformat 65-mm film (IMAX-format), men har ikke blitt vist på kino i Norge ettersom Norges eneste IMAX-kino (ved Aker i Oslo) la ned driften før filmen ble ferdiggjort. Filmen fikk premiere under storformat-festivalen LCFA i Los Angeles i 2003 og vant prisen for beste kortfilm. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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