The Man Who Couldn't Leave (2022)

Original title

無法離開的人

Directed by

Singing Chen

Genre

drama

Country

Taiwan

Runtime

35 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.

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How it feels

A VR short film about a man who cannot leave Green Island during Taiwan's period of White Terror. It shows the confinement and repression of the Rebellion Case through a first-person perspective.

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What happens

The Man Who Couldn't Leave is a Taiwanese short film directed by Singing Chen in 2022. The film employs virtual reality (VR) techniques to depict the Rebellion Case on Green Island during the period of White Terror. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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• More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.