Underplayed Gems

Flatland (2007)

Flatland poster
Directed by
Ladd Ehlinger Jr.
Genre
science fiction film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 35m
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 26 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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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

In a two dimensional world of rigid social hierarchy, a square learns about a third dimension from a sphere. The square tries to share this knowledge but faces resistance from the authorities.

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What happens

Flatland (also released as Flatland: The Film and Flatland the film) is a 2007 American animated science fiction film based on the 1884 novella Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin Abbott Abbott. The film was directed and animated by Ladd Ehlinger Jr. in Lightwave 3D. The screenplay was written by author Tom Whalen. The music was composed by Mark Slater. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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