Underplayed Gems

Icon (2016)

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Directed by
Wojciech Kasperski
Genre
documentary film
Country
Poland
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

The film follows the daily routines of women living in a now-closed Russian psychiatric hospital in a remote Siberian village. It shows their interactions, small rituals, and the conditions of their isolated existence.

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What happens

Ikona – polski film dokumentalny z 2016 roku w reżyserii Wojciecha Kasperskiego. Obraz przedstawia codzienne życie pacjentek nieistniejącego już rosyjskiego szpitala psychiatrycznego (filia Irkuckiego Obwodowego Szpitala Psychiatrycznego nr 2) we wsi Aleksandrowskoje w rejonie bochańskim w obwodzie irkuckim (południowo-wschodnia część Syberii). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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