Lifestories (1990)

Directed by

Jeff Bleckner

Genre

medical drama

Country

United States

Length

1 season, 11 episodes

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 1 voters

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 series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

Each episode follows a different patient through a specific medical crisis, like being diagnosed with advanced cancer or experiencing the early moments of a heart attack. A narrator provides factual context as the doctors and patients navigate the diagnosis and treatment. The show aims to show exactly what happens in these situations without dramatic embellishment.

documentary-stylerealisticclinicalsombereducationalintimaterestrainedobservationalslow-paced

What happens

Lifestories (originally Signs of Life) is an American medical drama television series that premiered August 20, 1990, on NBC. Done in a documentary style with off-screen narration by Robert Prosky, Lifestories was an attempt to make an extremely realistic medical drama answering questions like, "What is it like to be told that you have advanced colon cancer?", and "Exactly what goes on during the first 45 minutes of a heart attack?", such as in the show's first and third episodes, starring Richard Masur as the character Don Chapin, and Michael Murphy as the character Frank Roberts, respectively. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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