Block B (2008)
- Directed by
- Shanon Shah
- Genre
- drama
- Country
- Canada
- Runtime
- 20 min
- 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 static camera films an apartment block in Kuala Lumpur. The sounds of the city play over the image but they do not match what you see.
meditativeobservationalstillurbandisconnectedunsettlingminimalistatmospheric
What happens
Block B is a Malaysian-Canadian experimental short film, directed by Chris Chong Chan Fui and released in 2008. A meditation on urban living, the film consists of a static shot of an apartment block in Kuala Lumpur, as the sounds and dialogue of the city pass by disconnected from the ability to see where any given sound is coming from. The film premiered at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival, where it won the award for Best Canadian Short Film. His film Pool had won the same award the previous year, making Chong the first director in the award's history to win the award in two consecutive years. It was later named to TIFF's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list of the year's best Canadian short films. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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